TO SEE
ASEYEVS MANSION
УСАДЬБА АСЕЕВЫХ
About
One of the most beautiful buildings in Tambov, this art nouveau villa stands on the high bank of Tsna river on the ourskirts of Tambov. The house was built in 1905 by the famous Moscow architect Lev Kekushev for the family of a rich Tambov merchant Mikhail Aseyev. The mansion boggled the mind of Aseyev's contemporaries. It was exquisitely designed, it was luxurious and innovative. However, the family only lived there until 1918 when the house was nationalised by the Soviet government and the family had to immigrate. It then housed an orphan asylum, and later a hospital (Russian poet Osip Mandelstam was among those who were treated there). The museum opened here in 2014. Currently, the museum can only be visited on a guided tour in Russian. There's no need to sign up in advance, just show up during the working hours and they'll assign a guide for you. Aseyevs Mansion is a branch of the famous Peterhof Museum near St Petersburg which means that it often receives valuable collections from Peterhof for temporary exhibitions. Currently, there's a superb exhibition of the Danish porcelain which belonged to the Russian royal family including the last tsar Nicholas II who was the son of a Danish princess.
Info
22/1 Naberezhnaya St. ул. Набережная, д. 22/1)
+7 4752 63 64 69
+7 4752 63 64 71
Go to Website (Only in Russian)
Tue, Wed, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm (last admission at 5.30pm), Thu 1pm-9pm (last admission at 8.30pm). Closed on Mondays.
Admission with a guided tour: General 150₽ / Students 80₽.
Photography 170₽
Cash only
Average Visit: 1h
TAMBOV REGIONAL ART GALLERY
ТАМБОВСКАЯ КАРТИННАЯ ГАЛЕРЕЯ
About
The oldest museum in Tambov, the Tambov art gallery opened in 1895 in the present building. The first items in the collection were donated by local philanthropists. After the revolution, many paintings, icons and statues came from local estate and mansions after their former owners were forced to flee by the Red Army. The first two rooms of the gallery are decorated with portraits of those aristocrats and their families. There's also a good collection of late 19th and early 20th-century Russian art including works of Tropinin, Serov, Petrov-Vodkin, Goncharova, etc. There's also a room dedicated to European art (predominantely Italian and Dutch) which also came from private collections in the estates. The upper floor houses temporary exhibitions. Currently, there's a superb exhibition of Pablo Picasso's famous series of litographs Suite 347.
Info
97 Sovetskaya St. (ул. Советская, д. 97)
+7 4752 72 85 43
Go to Website (Only in Russian)
Mon 10am-9pm (last admission at 8.30pm), Wed-Sun 10am-6pm (last admission at 5.30pm). Closed on Tuesdays.
Permanent collection: General 100₽ / Concessions 50₽
Temporary exhibitions: General 100₽ / Concessions 50₽
Photography 300₽ (free with a smartphone)
Cash only
Partially accessible to English speakers
Average visit: 1h