National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is one of the largest art museums in the northeast of the country. Founded in 1928.

In 1946, the Art Hall was transformed into the Yakut Museum of Fine Arts, with the active participation of the Union of Artists of Yakutia.

In 1992, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was assigned to the objects of national, cultural heritage of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

In 1995, the Yakut Republic Museum of Fine Arts named after M.F. Gabyshev was transformed into the State Museum Complex "National Art Museum of the Republic of Armenia (Y)" with the functions of a research, organizational, methodological and educational center of all galleries and museums of artistic profile in the republic. Museum branches:

- Gabyshev Gallery of Foreign Art (Yakutsk);

- Harbalakh Art Gallery (Tattin ulus);

- Vilyuchan Art Gallery (Suntar ulus);

- Nam Art Museum (Nama ulus);

- "Sakha Art Gallery" at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) under the President of the Russian Federation. (Moscow)

Since 1997, NHM RS (Y) has been a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

The museum collection has more than 12 thousand exhibits, has a high quality potential and includes collections of Yakut, Russian, foreign art of the XVI – XXI centuries.

Exposition
Sections of the permanent exhibition of the museum:
- Russian art XVIII - XIX centuries.
- Domestic art of the twentieth century
- Graphics of Yakutia
Art of Yakutia 1920-2000 (painting, sculpture)
- Folk and decorative and applied art of Yakutia
Western European art of the XVI-XIX centuries.

The museum collection includes collections of domestic and foreign art of the XVI - XX centuries. Classical Russian art of the XVIII - XX centuries. is represented by the signature scripts of V.A. Tropinin, I.K. Aivazovsky, I.I. Shishkin, K.E. and V.E. Makovskikh, I.I. Levitan, A.I. Kuindzhi, K.A. Korovin, etc.
In the Department of Foreign Art there are paintings by N. Renieri, J. B. Pittoni, engravings by Rembrandt, Durer, Callo. Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German schools are represented. The art section of the peoples of the East includes the art of China (the scrolls of Qi-Bai-Shi), Japan (the engravings of Hokusai, Netske, Okimono), Tibet (small plastic), Mongolia.
Exposition hall. The exposition of national art of the XX century includes works of painters, graphic artists, sculptors, masters of decorative and applied arts and folk art crafts.
The most significant part of the collection is the collection of art of Yakutia XVIII – XX centuries. – painting, graphics, sculpture, folk and decorative and applied art.
The art of the twentieth century is represented by all kinds and genres, styles and directions, includes monographic sections of the leading artists of Yakutia: painters I.V. Popov, P.P. Romanov, M.M. Nosov, A.N. Osipova, E.I. Vasilyev, I.E. Kapitonov, A.D. Vasilyev, V.R. Vasilyev, A.P. Munchalov, V.S. Karamzin, M.A. Rakhleeva, M.G., T.E. and many others.
The unique section of the Yakut carved bone is the craft, known since the XVIII century (boxes, caskets of the XIX century), the richest heritage of folk craftsmen, laureates of the Repin State Prize of Russia - T.V. Ammosov, S.N. Pesterev, S.N. Petrov, works of modern bone cutters. There is an extensive collection of traditional national art: artistic metal, wood carving, birch bark products, horse hair weaving, patterned sewing and bead embroidery on fur and fabric.