Museum of Old Russian Art "Metropolitan Chambers"

The Metropolitan Chamber is one of the oldest buildings of the city, a rare example of civil architecture of the XVII century. Built as the Yaroslavl residence of Metropolitan Iona Sysoyevich. In the XVIII century, the house of the first Yaroslavl governor A.P. Melgunov was located here, at the same time Catherine the Great stayed here, where she wrote 5 comedies for the Russian theater. Today, the Metropolitan Chambers presents the richest collection of ancient Russian art. Among the masterpieces of the pre-Mongolian icon “Savior the Almighty” of the XIII century. The Golden Age of Yaroslavl is represented by unique signature icons of outstanding artists of the XVII century Guria Nikitin, Semen Spiridonov Kholmogorets, Fedor Evtikhiev Zubov. Acquaintance with the exhibition is a rare opportunity to trace the 600-year history of Yaroslavl icon painting, to see the works of several generations of masters.