St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

The history of the Museum counts over one hundred years, its holdings and collections contain over 500,000 invaluable items, including the biggest collection of musical instruments in Russia, paintings and graphic works by Iliya Repin, Kazimir Malevich; Anna Pavlova’s and Fyodor Chaliapin’s costumes, as well as autographs of L. Tolstoy, A. Blok, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, D. Shostakovich and other rare materials about the most distinguished personages of Russian culture of 18-21th centuries. The gem of the collection is the works of theatre scenery art donated to the Museum by Nina and Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky in 2013.