Elagin Island Palace and Museum of Russian Applied and Decorative Arts

Рубрикатор / Science. Education/Museums
ELAGIN ISLAND PALACE AND MUSEUM OF APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ARTS AND INTERIOR of the late 18th - early 20th centuries (4 Elagin Island), opened in 1987 in Elagin Palace. The exhibits include china, art glass wares, furniture pieces, fabric, embroidery patterns, woodcraft and metal wares of the late 18th - early 20th centuries (in 2002 the collection had over 13,000 items). The second floor accommodates a collection of china and Art Glass factory wares handed over to the museum after the closure of the factory. The exposition boasts unique pieces of art by sculptor and artist V. I. Mukhina, N. А. Tyrsa, and Е. V. Yanovskaya. Concerts and tours are held in palace showrooms.

N. L. Korsakova. Mukhina Vera Ignatievna
Tyrsa Nikolay Andreevich
Yanovsky E.V.
Elagin Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
см. лит. при ст. Елагин дворец Elagin Palace