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One of the richest world collections of fine arts from the time immemorial to nowadays is treasured in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts that is favorably situated in the very center of Moscow, close to the Kremlin and Red Square. Nowadays it is the second, after the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, largest museum of foreign art in Russia.
Much of the strength of the collection is in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, a result of the often forgotten fact that such works gained an appreciative audience in Russia long before they captured the imagination of collectors further West. Manet's Dejeuner sur l'herbe resides here, as do Renoir's Bathing in the Seine, a host of fine works by Van Gogh and Matisse, and an entire gallery of Gauguins. This is one of the finest museums in the world and it is well worth your time!
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