All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts VMDPNI

The All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art is the only museum in Russia that has combined works of decorative and applied art of Russia of the 18th-20th centuries in its collection. The museum's collection was formed by 1999 as a result of the unification of the collections of the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art, founded in 1981, and the Museum of Folk Art named after S.T. Morozov (the former Artisanal Museum, founded in 1885), as well as library and archival collections of the Research Institute of Art Industry. The museum also holds private collections: a collection of art metal donated by its collector G.A. Kubryakov, the famous collection of Russian, Eastern and European fabrics N.L. Shabelskaya, donated by French citizen P.M. Tolstoy-Miloslav, collections of porcelain collected by M.V. Mironova and A.S. oMenaker, as well as the collection of Porcelain.

Collections:

The museum presents metal art products (including jewelry of leading Russian companies of the XIX-early XX centuries, a rare collection of samovars and art casting), Russian art varnishes, porcelain and glass of the Imperial and private factories, works of famous modern masters of decorative and applied art. There is no analogue collection of works of decorative and applied art of Russian art nouveau (including works by M. Vrubel, A. Golovin, S. Malyutin, S. Konenkov, N. Andreev and others), as well as a collection of Soviet art of the 1920s-1950s, including agitation porcelain and fabrics. In recent years, the museum collection has been replenished with magnificent works by contemporary artists (V.I. Mukhina, B.A. Smirnov, V.S. Muratov and many others). The museum library contains a collection of a rare book. Unique handwritten materials are in a special archive fund.

Building:

The museum is located in a complex of buildings - a monument of con architecture. XVIII-XX centuries. By the name of the former owners, this old estate is called the "Osterman Estate." From the second quarter of the 17th century, the estate belonged to the boyars Streshnev, and in 1783 it was inherited by Count Ivan Andreevich Osterman. In 1796, the title of Count Osterman passed to Alexander Ivanovich Tolstoy, the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812. At the end of the 18th century, the main manor house, rebuilt according to the project of an unknown architect, acquired a look close to modern.

In 1834, the complex of buildings was transferred to the Moscow Theological Seminary, in 1918 the building was nationalized and transferred to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. After World War II, the building housed the Presidium of the Supreme Council and the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In 1981, the building was transferred to the newly created museum.