Tambov Regional Art Gallery
Tambov region, Tambov, St. Soviet, 97
About the company:
Tambov Regional Art Gallery was founded in 1960 and opened to visitors on April 30, 1961. It is located in the building of the former Naryshkin Reading Room - now a monument of history and culture of the Tambov region - erected in 1891-1892 according to the project of architect A.S. Chetverikov at the expense of the oberkammer of the court of His Imperial Majesty E.D. Naryshkin.
This building was built for society by the arrangement of folk readings. Now residents and guests of Tambov come to the Naryshkin Reading Room to enjoy the collections of Western European and Russian art of the XVI-XX centuries.
The exposition of the gallery has unique masterpieces that brought it fame not only in Russia but also abroad. The gallery contains more than 5,000 objects of painting, sculpture, graphics and decorative and applied arts. The collections of the gallery number more than 5,000 items of storage, at the same time about 400 of them are exhibited in the halls.