The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts , Moscow

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is one the largest museums in Russia, it stores not only Russian masterpieces of art but also the ones from Europe and the other parts of the world. The museum building was built in eclecticism style and nowadays it is truly a landmark of Moscow. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts was first opened in 1912 and now it contains nearly 670 thousand masterpieces of sculpture and painting. Also it has many archeological monuments and numismatic items. But only 1.5% of collection is displayed. There are exhibits from antiquity to the 20th century in collection of Pushkin museum. Each of halls represents different period. On the first floor you will find halls with ancient artifacts, such as Egyptian hall, halls of Asia and Mediterranean, India and Latin America. The most unique exhibit of the first floor is the treasure which was found by German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann in Troy excavations in the period of the 1871-1890. The Halls of Ancient Greece and Rome are situated on the second floor. There are ancient amphorae, objects of pottery and sculpture. Here you can find copies of the most famous antique sculptures such as Michelangelo's David and others, and artifacts from these countries dated from Middle Age and Renaissance. Also there are wide collection of paintings of the 19th and the 20th centuries' painters such as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso and collection of Byzantium icons. The exhibition of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is constantly changing. The moving exhibitions of the masterpieces from the famous galleries of the world are often held here too.