Since its foundation in 1947 and up to the present day, The main mission of the museum is to help people
the Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art discover the icon for themselves as one of the
named after Andrei Rublev is the only state-owned greatest achievements of national and world art, to
specialized organization in Russia that operates “root” them in their own cultural tradition.
exclusively in the field of Old Russian and Eastern
Christian art, as well as the church art of the New Age .
In the thousand-year history of Russian art, the main
part - seven centuries - falls on the pre-Petrine era,
Old Russian art is the foundation of national culture when artistic culture developed within the framework
and, along with the avant-garde art of the beginning of of a religious worldview.
the 20th century, is Russia's main contribution to the
history of world art. For the formation of a national The preservation, collection, study, display and
identity of Russian society, ancient Russian art is largely popularization of the Russian artistic heritage are the
decisive. main goals of the museum.
CENTRAL MUSEUM OF OLD
RUSSIAN CULTURE AND ART
NAMED AFTER ANDREI RUBLEV