Museum of Theater and Musical Arts
In the Theater Museum on Ostrovsky Square in the building of the former Directorate of Imperial Theaters, built in the first half of the 19th century by the great architect Carlo Rossi, there is a unique exhibition “Theater Legends of St. Petersburg”, twice awarded the highest museum prize - “Museum Olympus” (in 2009 and 2011) .
Address:
St. Petersburg, st. Zodchego Rossi, 2, lit. A (entrance from Ostrovsky Square)
Telephone:
571–21–95
Today it consists of 6 sections: “The origins and beginning of professional theater in Russia in the 18th century.
The Age of Enlightenment on the Russian stage”, “Theatrical life in St. Petersburg of the 19th century”, “Theater dreams”, “The search for theater of the Silver Age”, “Theatrical avant-garde of the 1920–1930s”, “Soviet theater behind the Iron Curtain”. The exhibition presents rarities from the museum’s collection, telling about the first productions of “A Life for the Tsar” by Glinka and “The Inspector General” by Gogol, “Woe from Wit” by Griboyedov and “The Mermaid” by Dargomyzhsky, operas by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and plays by Ostrovsky, Tolstoy, Sukhovo - Kobylina.
Unique museum exhibits tell about the work of famous stage masters, with whom theatrical reforms and innovations of the Russian theater of the first half of the twentieth century are associated - Sun. Meyerhold, A. Tairov, M. Fokin, A. Pavlova, V. Nijinsky, V. Komissarzhevskaya, N. Akimov, F. Chaliapin, G. Ulanova... Luxurious costumes made in the workshops of the imperial theaters, models and sketches by artists A. Benois and L. Bakst, K. Malevich and V. Tatlin from the museum’s funds are adjacent to specially created art objects. The theatrical interactive environment helps visitors take a closer look at the beautiful faces and images of a bygone theatrical era. “The Magical World of Theater” is the name of the permanent exhibition located on another floor of the museum.
Magnificent models of theaters from different countries and eras will take us from the Ancient Theater to mystery performances or to Shakespeare's Globe, or the Swedish Royal Theater in Drotninholm. Wonderful costumes from the wardrobe of the imperial theaters, skillfully made props, fragments of scenery and props - everything that can be seen behind the scenes in a real theater is presented at the exhibition. The world of the theater backstage reveals its secrets: how thunder is heard in the theater, how the wind howls, howling the sea surf - every visitor can try all these noise machines in action. A photograph taken at the exhibition wearing one of the theater hats will remind you of the unusual exhibition. In a very beautiful and elegant theater hall, built according to the sketch of academician of painting E. S. Kochergin, music sounds, actors perform performances and concert programs. The museum and its branches host series of excursions and lectures on the history of theater for adults and children, recording concerts, evenings of memories, meetings with outstanding actors, artists, musicians, displays of independent acting and directing works, one-man performances, chamber concerts.
The museum as a scientific, cultural and educational center is visited by more than 150 thousand people a year. Our museum exists to preserve and resurrect theatrical legends for each new visitor.
In December 2013, the museum received a gift of unique collections from the collection of Nikita and Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky: “Russian theatrical and decorative art of 1880–1930” and “Artistic trends in Russian painting and theater of 1900–1930.”
These are the world's largest collections of Russian theatrical and decorative art, covering the historical period from the 1880s to the end of the 1930s.
The Age of Enlightenment on the Russian stage”, “Theatrical life in St. Petersburg of the 19th century”, “Theater dreams”, “The search for theater of the Silver Age”, “Theatrical avant-garde of the 1920–1930s”, “Soviet theater behind the Iron Curtain”. The exhibition presents rarities from the museum’s collection, telling about the first productions of “A Life for the Tsar” by Glinka and “The Inspector General” by Gogol, “Woe from Wit” by Griboyedov and “The Mermaid” by Dargomyzhsky, operas by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and plays by Ostrovsky, Tolstoy, Sukhovo - Kobylina.
Unique museum exhibits tell about the work of famous stage masters, with whom theatrical reforms and innovations of the Russian theater of the first half of the twentieth century are associated - Sun. Meyerhold, A. Tairov, M. Fokin, A. Pavlova, V. Nijinsky, V. Komissarzhevskaya, N. Akimov, F. Chaliapin, G. Ulanova... Luxurious costumes made in the workshops of the imperial theaters, models and sketches by artists A. Benois and L. Bakst, K. Malevich and V. Tatlin from the museum’s funds are adjacent to specially created art objects. The theatrical interactive environment helps visitors take a closer look at the beautiful faces and images of a bygone theatrical era. “The Magical World of Theater” is the name of the permanent exhibition located on another floor of the museum.
Magnificent models of theaters from different countries and eras will take us from the Ancient Theater to mystery performances or to Shakespeare's Globe, or the Swedish Royal Theater in Drotninholm. Wonderful costumes from the wardrobe of the imperial theaters, skillfully made props, fragments of scenery and props - everything that can be seen behind the scenes in a real theater is presented at the exhibition. The world of the theater backstage reveals its secrets: how thunder is heard in the theater, how the wind howls, howling the sea surf - every visitor can try all these noise machines in action. A photograph taken at the exhibition wearing one of the theater hats will remind you of the unusual exhibition. In a very beautiful and elegant theater hall, built according to the sketch of academician of painting E. S. Kochergin, music sounds, actors perform performances and concert programs. The museum and its branches host series of excursions and lectures on the history of theater for adults and children, recording concerts, evenings of memories, meetings with outstanding actors, artists, musicians, displays of independent acting and directing works, one-man performances, chamber concerts.
The museum as a scientific, cultural and educational center is visited by more than 150 thousand people a year. Our museum exists to preserve and resurrect theatrical legends for each new visitor.
In December 2013, the museum received a gift of unique collections from the collection of Nikita and Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky: “Russian theatrical and decorative art of 1880–1930” and “Artistic trends in Russian painting and theater of 1900–1930.”
These are the world's largest collections of Russian theatrical and decorative art, covering the historical period from the 1880s to the end of the 1930s.
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Telephone:
571–21–95
Working hours:
The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Day off—Tuesday Last Friday of the month—sanitary day
Address:
St. Petersburg, st. Zodchego Rossi, 2, lit. A (entrance from Ostrovsky Square)
