The Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg occupies the Mikhailovsky Palace, built from 1819 to 1825 and designed by Carlo Rossi, and the Benois Building by Leon Benois, started in 1914 and completed in 1919. The museum was founded to commemorate Alexander III at Nicholas II's enthronement. It opened on March 17, 1898. The infobox gives 1895 as its founding date, while the text says April 13, 1896.
The article calls the Mikhailovsky Palace Neoclassical and the Stroganov Palace Rastrelliesque. It gives no materials. The site covers over 30 hectares (74 acres). It holds Russian art from the 10th to the 21st centuries.
World War I interrupted work on the Benois Building. Private collections were nationalized after 1917, and a restoration workshop was founded in 1922. The Ethnographic Department became independent in 1934, and a Málaga branch opened in 2015. The infobox gives 3,611,899 visitors in 2024. The article gives no hours.
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