Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin, bldg. 3 (Russian Art); Stroka, 21, lit. I (Twentieth Century Art)
Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum is situated in the Kremlin and on the Strelka in Nizhny Novgorod. The museum's collection comprises over 12 thousand works of Russian, Western European and Eastern art. Exhibits include pieces by renowned Russian artists such as Aivazovsky, Levitan, Kustodiev and Rerikh. Established since 1896, it hosts an annual Pushkin Festival "Bolshino Autumn". It is closed on Mondays but extends its operating hours to 20:00 on Thursdays.