Museum of the Benois Family

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MUSEUM OF THE BENOIS FAMILY is a branch of the Peterhof Museum Park (Petrodvorets, 8 Dvortsovaya Square). The Museum of the Benois Family was opened in September 1988 on the initiative of N. A. Benois (son of A. N. Benois and Chief Stage Designer of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, honorary member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR), with the support of English producer, actor and dramatist P. Ustinov (grandson of A. N. Benois) and other members of the family and relatives of the Benois. The collection of the museum included the archives of A. N. Benois, collections of his descendants E. B. Serebryakov, P. A. Braslavsky, and D. I. Vyshnegradsky, family relics, works of art (over 700 works all in all). Works by artists I. V. Nikolaev, M. M. Dedova- Dziaduszinska, S. P. Pavlinov, G. P. Felchakov, sculptors I. P. Ustinov, E. E. Lansere Jr., and architect V. E. Benois represent the young generation of the artists' dynasty. The exhibition is housed in the halls of the gala suite of the former House of Ladies in Waiting (1853-58, architect N. L. Benois, was restored according to the project by architect I. N. Benois).

References: Махо П. Г. Музей семьи Бенуа // 200 лет семье Бенуа в России: Юбил. сб. СПб., 1994. С. 12-15; Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002. С. 37-38.

A. D. Margolis. Benois Alexander Nikolaevich
Benois Irina Nikolaevna
Benois Nikolay Alexandrovich
Benois Nikolay Leontievich
Benois V.E.
Braslavsky P.A.
Dedova-Dzedushinskaya Marina Mikhailovna
Felchakov G.P.
Lansere Evgeny Evgenievich (Jr.)
Margolis Alexander Davidovich
Nikolaev Ivan Valentinovich
Pavlinov Sergey Petrovich
Serebryakov E.B.
Ustinov I.P.
Ustinov Peter
Vyshnegradsky D.I.
Dvortsovaya Square/Peterhoff, town, house 8
Махо П. Г. Музей семьи Бенуа // 200 лет семье Бенуа в России: Юбил. сб. СПб., 1994
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002 1988