Exhibition «I. K. Aivazovsky and His Picture Gallery»

About exhibition

This is a unique complex of paintings, graphic works, archival documents and photo-documents, memorial items and objects of decorative and applied art. The core of the collection consists of works by the outstanding marine painter I. K. Aivazovsky — 416 paintings and graphic works. Currently, Aivazovsky's house is open to visitors, exhibiting 98 of his best works from the gallery's collection. Today the gallery serves as a scientific centre for southeastern Crimea; it hosts international scholarly conferences, classical music festivals and exhibitions, and conducts extensive research, educational and publishing activities. Each year the museum is visited by more than 300,000 art lovers.