The Chelyabinsk regional picture gallery was opened 6 (7) June 1940 in the building of the Alexander Nevsky Church in the Crimson field. Originally,it is called the Chelyabinsk regional public art gallery. By the end of the XX century, the collection included more than 11,000 works of decorative – applied and folk arts of domestic and foreign (European and East) schools. The art gallery is located in the former trading house of brothers Yaushevs on the street of Tryda. It is the oldest and largest in South Africa. Ural water museum classic universal type. ChOCH – 4-th art museum in the Urals. Maturation of the museum situation in Chelyabinsk began in the late of XIX century, due to the rapid development of the city, the impetus this gave to the building of the Great Eastern – Siberian route (1892). For the first time the idea of creating an art museum in the city formulated in 1915, the teacher of the female school P. P. Migorski in the report of the Chelyabinsk city Duma. Concept art museum in Chelyabinsk were contained in the draft scientific store, which was proposed in 1918 Chelyabinsk city Duma scientists, Ural collector and historian – B. P. Biryukov – as part of the store was supposed art gallery. It became the first, the gathering of forces in the artistic culture of the South. Ural, which culminated in the creation of the Union of Soviet artists in Chelyabinsk, secondly, the result of significant developments in modern art.
Working hours:
Tue – Sun: 11.00 – 19.00
Closed: Monday
Dear friends, pay your attention, to the fact that the time and days of work of "Art gallery of Chelyabinsk state Museum of fine arts" can change, so before visiting it we recommend you to call +7 (351) 266 – 38 – 17.
