The Russian Museum

28.12.2000
Academy Halls & Benois Wing, Mikhailovsky Palace
Ceremonial reception celebrating the second Arts Square international winter festival. Organised by the Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic, Russian Museum and the Grand Hotel Europe, the festival runs from 24 December 2000 to 6 January 2001. The guests are acquainted with the Kazimir Malevich in the Russian Museum exhibition and see the Lady V fashion show. Among the guests are Yury Temirkanov, Yevgeny Kisin, Lang Lang (China), other outstanding musicians and the sponsors of the festival.

22.12.2000
Stroganov Palace
Opening of the exhibition of works by Alexei Bogolyubov and Vasily Vereschagin.

14.12.2000
Benois Wing, Mikhailovsky Palace
Opening of the Jesus Christ in Christian Art and Culture 14th to 20th Centuries exhibition.

11.12.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of four exhibitions of the Marat Gelman Gallery project Art Against Geography.

01.12.2000
Benois Wing, Mikhailovsky Palace
Visit of Vladimir Yakovlev (governor of St Petersburg). The governor is acquainted with the Kazimir Malevich in the Russian Museum exhibition and the new wheelchair lifts and platforms, the only ones of their kind in a Russian museum of art.

30.11.2000
Benois Winge
Presentation of the charity program "Russian Museum for disabled".

30.11.2000
Benois Winge
Press conference dedicated to the opening of the exhibitions "Kazimir Malevich in the Russian Museum" and "In the Malevich' circe. Fellows. Alumni. Followers in Russia of 1920-1950ies".

30.11.2000
Benois Wing
Opening of the exhibition "Kazimir Malevich in the Russian Museum".

30.11.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of the exhibition "In the Malevich' circe. Fellows. Alumni. Followers in Russia of 1920-1950ies".

29.11.2000
Mikhailovsky Palace
Presentation of the project "The cycle of educational video movies "Russian Museum for children".

29.11.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Opening of the exhibition "Vassiliy Sadovnikov (1800-1879)".

28.11.2000
Mikhailovsky Palace. The Academy Hall.
Meetng of the Minister of Culture of Russian Federation M.Shvydkoi with intelligentsia of St.Petersburg.

26.10.2000
Marble Palace
The ceremony of restitution of seven drawings by P.Filonov stolen from the Russian Museum 20 years ago and stored in the Georges Pompidou Center of modern art in Paris.

20.10.2000
Moscow. The State Historical and Cultural reservate "Moscow Kremlin"
The exhibition of issues from the collection of the Russian Museum "Parade portraits of Russian emperors" was open.

19.10.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of three exhibitions of the Marat Gelman Gallery as part of the Art Against Geography project.

18.10.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Opening of Marguerite Anielle-Palen's Myth, Legend, Fairytale exhibition.

7.10.2000
Mikhailovsky Palace
Ceremonial unveiling of the cast-iron railings outside the Mikhailovsky Palace after restoration.

2.10.2000
Stroganov Palace
Opening of Antonio Meneghetti's OntoArte: In the Name of the Renaissance in Art exhibition.

29.09.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of Igor Ivanov's Dolls exhibition.

21.09.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Opening of the Propaganda and Dreams: Photography of the 1930s in the USSR and USA exhibition.

14.09.2000
Mikhailovsky Palacee
Opening of the Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900) exhibition

14.09.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of Xenia Hausner's Heart Matters exhibition.

11.09.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of Georgy Ostretsov's Visitor exhibition.

20.07.2000
Benois Wing
Opening of the Impressionism in Russia exhibition.

13.07.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Opening of the Engraved Views of the Environs of St Petersburg exhibition.

4.07.2000
Stroganov Palace
Presentation of awards to the winners of the What Do We See in the Picture? competition. The contest was organised by St Petersburg Television and Radio in collaboration with the Russian Museum. Ivan Karlov (head curator of the Russian Museum) and N.Zhukova (executive director of the Treasures of St Petersburg programme) present souvenirs and membership cards of the Friends of the Russian Museum international society to the winners (N.Dudkina, N.Goroshkova, A.Krasnov, V.Korableva and N.Kotomin).

4.07.2000
Mikhailovsky Palace
APIT-Premiere, corporate member of the Friends of the Russian Museum international society, signs a contract with the Russian Museum and presents it with a suite of furniture.

22.06.2000
Marble Palace
Presentation of the Russian Museum - To Children video-films project. The Russian Museum was awarded a grant for this project back in October 1999. The first stage of the project - the release of The Birth of a Picture: In the Artist's Studio film - is completed in June 2000. The film is shown to visitors at the Marble Palace.

21.06.2000
Benois Wing, Mikhailovsky Palace
Press-conference and official opening of the Russian Futurism and David Burliuk, "Father of Russian Futurism" and Alexei von Jawlensky exhibitions, with Vladimir Gusyev (director of the Russian Museum), Yevgenia Petrova (deputy deputy, academic research), Tayfun Belgin (senior curator, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund) and the relatives of Alexei von Jawlensky.

9.06.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Traditional meeting of the Friends of the Russian Museum international society. The chairman of the board of guardians of the society, the governor of Saint Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev awarded the membership cards and the diplomas to the new members of the Friends of the Russian Museum.

8.06.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of the exhibition of works by an Austrian painter Christian Ludwig. Since 1966 the painter has been working under the pseudonym Attersee.

6-9.06.2000
St. Michael's ( Engineers ) Castle. Lecture hall.
The Round Table Meeting for the directors of art museums was held at the Russian Museum. The meeting was attended by the representatives of regional museums, the museums of St. Petersburg and Ukraine.

31.05.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
The Russian Museum and the American "Project Harmoni, Inc." non-profit organization opened the Internet Centre for School Children in the building of the academic - practical centre of museum pedagogics and child creativity.

25-30.05.2000
"Lenexpo" Exhibition Pavilions
The Russian Museum took part in the "St. Petersburg 2000" exhibition

25.05.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of the "Returned Name. Pavel Golubyatnikov" exhibition

16-19.05.2000
Anichkov Palace
Second International Specialized Exhibition "Museum in the XXI Century". The Russian Museum was one of the organizers and participants of the exhibition intended for the workers of the museums and archives and librarians

16.05.2000
St. Michael's (Engineers) Castle.
Opening of the exhibition of works by Alexander Arnstam

5.05.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of the Adam Lowe exhibition Textural Effects in Photography.

29.04.2000
Mikhailovsky Palace
President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, visits the Russian Museum for a meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan.

27.04.2000
Marble Palace
Opening of two exhibitions - Russia Through the Eyes of Foreign Engravers (1600-1750) and Vladimir Zesler and Sergei Voitchenko. Project of the Century (Twelve of XX).

27.04.2000
Marble Palace
Seminar for the staff of the press departments of the museums of St Petersburg and Leningrad Region entitled Public Relations and Work with the Mass Media (From the Practical Experience of the Russian Museum).

18-24.04.2000
St Michael's (Engineers) Castle and other museums in St Petersburg
Academic-practical seminar for the head curators of the museums of Russia entitled Preventive Conservation in Art Museums: Inventorization, Storage and Security.

19-21.04.2000
Lecture Hall, St Michael's (Engineers) Castle
Academic conference in memory of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Pyotr Neradovsky (1875-1962), dedicated to the results of research work carried out in 1999.

5-7.04.2000
The Michael's (Engineers') Castle
The international conference

5.04.2000
Opening of To the Artists' Memory: Nikita Charushin (1934 - 2000) and Liudmila Sergeeva (1934 - 2000) exhibition.

4.04.2000
The Michael's (Engineers') Castle
Presenting of the Golden Scalpel - one of the three main prizes of the Restoration of museum values in Russia triennial that took place in Moscow - to the head of the furniture restoration department of the Russian museum I. M. Mukhin.

30.03-1.04.2000
The Stroganov Palace
"Defile on the Neva river" - demonstration of recent collections of dress designers, organized by Defile cultural foundation.

28.03.2000
Moscow. Nashokin's House Gallery
Opening of the Russian Painting of Romanticism Epoch exhibition. Works from the Russian Museum collection.

27.03.2000
The Benois Wing
Opening of the Cross-stitch exhibition

12.03.2000
The Mikhailovsky Palace
Russian concert within the VII International festival of chamber music "Palaces of St.Petersburg".

9.03.2000
Moscow. The Russian culture foundation.
Conference and reception dedicated to:

9.03.2000
The Marble Palace
Opening of Yury Avakumov. Depositarium: Russian Utopy exhibition

1.03.2000
The Benois Wing
Opening of Art of Gzhel'. Honored Artists Natalia and Vladimir Bidak exhibition.

24.02.2000
The Michael's (Engineers') Castle. Green Drawing Room
Opening of On the Creative Path exhibition dedicated to the 65th birthday of the B. V. Ioganson State Academic Lyceum at the Russian Academy of Arts.

21.02.2000
The Michael's (Engineers') Castle
Opening of permanent exhibition called Reconstruction of St. Petersburg historical and cultural monuments. The Russian Museum Investment Programs
The exhibition was prepared by the St. Petersburg central analytic information agency, Investors' and Creditors' Consortium non-commerce partnership in coperation with the State Russian Museum.

17.02.2000
The Michael's (Engineers') Castle
Opening of the Michael's Castle. Idea and Realization. Architectural Graphics of the 18th - 19th centuries exhibition.

16.02.2000
The Marble Palace
Opening of Evgeny Mikhnov. Paintings and graphic art exhibition

4.02.2000
The Mikhailovsky Palace
The Guitar Player and Troyka (sketch) by Perov stolen from the permanent exposition on April 6 1999 were solemnly returned to the State Russian Museum

4.02.2000
Press conference concerning return of V. Perov's works to the museum

26.01.2000
Grand Hotel Europe
Press conference concerning the Grand Hotel Europe 125th birthday and an exhibition prepared by the Russian Museum to this jubilee.

26.01.2000
The Mikhailovsky Gardens. Garden Pavilion
Opening of the Grand Hotel Europe 125th birthday exhibition

26.01.2000
Home affairs authorities have found in St. Petersburg two paintings by Perov that had been stolen from the State Russian Museum on April 6 1999.

21.01.2000
The Stroganov Palace
Traditional meeting of the Friends of the Russian Museum International Society. Head of the Society Trustee Council, the Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev presented new society members with diplomas and personal cards.

20.01.2000
The Marble Palace
Opening of the retrospective exhibition of works by American artist Vance Kirkland.

14.01.2000
The Mikhailovsky Palace. Academic hall
Russian New Year in the Russian Museum concert organized by the Palaces of St. Petersburg Festival Fund with participation of the Russian Museum