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The Kaluga Regional Art Museum

Phone: (0842) 56-2830

Address: 248600, Kaluga region,


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Internet:
    www.russianmuseums.info/M1472 - official web page
    The Kaluga Regional Art Museum - W916, official web site artmuseum.kaluga.ru

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Description:
    The Kaluga Regional Art Museum is situated in the center of Kaluga. It was founded in 1917. The first displays in museum were the works from the private collection of doctor Vasiliev who has presented it to his native town Kaluga. In 1917-1920 the local nationalized collections were placed in the charge of the Kaluga Art Museum. The Museum opened in 1918. The nucleus of the Museum collection consist of oil paintings, graphics, decorative and applied arts. Museum has an interesting collection of icons and Russian wood sculptures by the XVI-XVII centuries masters. Visitors can see pictures by such artists as Shishkin, Tropinin, Surikov, Yuon, Yaroshenko, Polenov, Korovin, Aivazovsky and others. The museum is displaced in the ancient house, which was built for Ivan Bilibin - the well-known local merchant.



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Administrative phone:
    (0842) 56-3660



Foundation and opening day:
    founded: 1917г.
    opened: 1918г.

Organisation status:
   State Russia

Organization form:
   non-for-profit

Organisation type:
    culture for society, scientific

Classification:
    Architect and monuments,Historical,Painting art

Squares:
    permament show rooms 373м2
    museum's store 161м2
    museum's parks 0,38га

Employee number:
    56 (curators: 19)

Average visitors per year:
    15500


Specific departments:
    archive, science library

Collections volume:
    7031, rare collection's items: 6791



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