Published on: 2026-04-20
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin, Marat Khusnullin visited the construction site of the museum complex, and also took part in the preview of the exhibition “The Princes Baryatinsky. Art for Heirs.”
The State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin is a unique museum complex with one of the largest collections of foreign art in the country. Today, the museum’s collection contains a large number of works: from Ancient Egypt and antique Greece to the beginning of the 21st century. Such a cultural heritage must be housed in modern, visitor-friendly, and staff-friendly buildings. Work on creating the museum town began back in the late 2000s and was timed to coincide with the museum’s centenary. However, unfortunately, the implementation deadlines were repeatedly shifted, and the project essentially turned into a long-term construction.In 2023, in order to move the matter forward from a deadlock, the facility was transferred to the State Unitary Enterprise “Unified Customer in the Construction Sector.” Currently, specialists are working on five objects of the museum quarter. The task is to gradually complete the construction of new buildings and restoration works,” said Marat Khusnullin.
Currently, builders are reconstructing the buildings of the former city estate of the 18th–19th centuries in order to transform them into a museum-administrative complex, where employees of the Pushkin Museum will work.
“Separate works are being carried out at the site, including the installation of low-voltage systems, installation of facades and roofing, restoration of brickwork. Facade works have already been completed on one of the administrative buildings,” noted Karen Oganesyan, General Director of PPK “Unified Customer.”
The largest facility being constructed on the territory of the future museum quarter is a depository-restoration and exhibition center with an area of more than 20 thousand square meters. It consists of two interconnected buildings. Currently, facade installation is being carried out on the site, the construction of translucent structures, stone masonry, installation of engineering systems, and finishing of special purpose rooms.
In addition, in the Picture Gallery of Old Masters, work is underway on reinforcing ceilings, walls, and columns, and waterproofing the underground part of the building; in the Gallery of Art of European and American countries from the 19th to the 21st century – roofing and finishing work on one of the structure’s buildings; in the Stulov House, where the Scientific and Information Center will be located, specialists are engaged in recreating the stucco ceiling decoration.
Marat Husnullin also took part in the vernissage of the exhibition “Princes Baryatinsky. Art for Heirs,” which was prepared by the Pushkin Museum together with the Kursk State Art Gallery named after A.A. Deineka, the Kursk Regional Museum of Local Lore and its branch – the Rylsk Museum of Local Lore. The exposition is dedicated to the collection of the princely Baryatinsky family, formed at the turn of the 18th–19th centuries at the Maryino estate in the Kursk province.
“It is important that after a long time this collection is being gathered together again. Because we live in a difficult time, and it is especially important not to lose the connection with what unites us. And such projects are precisely about how the whole country works together, since today’s exhibition is the result of extensive, systematic work. Works that brought together federal museums, regional institutions, the scientific community, private collectors. Such projects have fundamental significance. Because culture is not only about the past. It is the foundation of national identity, the basis of the internal stability of society,” noted the vice-premier.
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