The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art museum in Moscow, which has one of the largest and most significant collections of Russian fine arts. The Gallery is called by the name of the Moscow merchant and industrialist Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898). The Tretyakov family bought the House on Lavrushinsky pereulok at the end of 1851. In 1856 Pavel Mikhailovich acquired the first paintings, initiating the famous collection. In 1892, he handed his collection as a gift to the city of Moscow.
The Tretyakov Gallery became the first public museum in Russia. Among the visitors of the State Tretyakov Gallery an exhibition entitled "the Treasury" is especially popular, it represents products made in the period since 12 century and up to the present day, from jewels and precious metals. Rooms are equipped with soft artificial lighting, because the works presented here demonstrate graphics and can not stand direct bright light.
http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru
Phone: + 7-495-951-13-62
Working hours: Wed., Thu. 10:00–18:00; Thu. - Sat. 10:00–21:00; Sun. 10:00–18:00
Address: Moscow, Lavrushinsky pereulok, 10.
