Collection of the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg / Málaga

Colección del Museo Ruso, San Petersburgo / Málaga

In this same spirit, the museum’s collection in Malaga will be housed in the Tabacalera building, perhaps the city’s most outstanding example of regionalist architecture. Built in the 1920s and recently renovated as a cultural venue, it will show the Russian State Museum Collection St. Petersburg / Malaga, in a centre equipped to become a reference point for Russian culture in Europe. The space will host a series of long-term exhibitions, updated each year, tracing the complex and fascinating history of Russian art and its ever-changing relationship with European culture. In parallel, successive temporary exhibitions will round off the centre’s programme.

However, visitor experience is not limited to the art collections. Tabacalera also has a small auditorium, three screening halls, a reading room with reference books and digital resources on Russian art. Malaga’s branch of the Virtual Museum (one of 165 in the world) will open up the halls of the Russian State Museum to visitors through virtual tours and applications focussed on the collection. Over 350 programmes, audio-visuals and video games will provide for an entertaining first encounter with Russian art. Younger visitors can also make use of the Children’s Centre, which will host creative workshops. All these facilities enable the venue to offer a monthly programme comprising talks, films, literary readings, classical music and folklore, turning the museum’s branch in Malaga into a genuine window onto the cultural soul of Russia.

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