Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts in Yekaterinburg
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Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts

Yekaterinburg · Russia · Founded 1936

Holder of the world's largest collection of Kasli iron-cast art, in the Urals.

About Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts

Founded in 1936, the museum split from the Sverdlovsk Local History collection. It now occupies two riverfront buildings on the Iset embankment.

Its most famous treasure is the Kasli Cast-Iron Pavilion, awarded the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World's Fair, alongside Russian and Western European painting.

Collections & Highlights

Kasli Cast-Iron Pavilion
Russian avant-garde collection
Russian and European painting galleries
Iset embankment buildings

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