Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum, Yekaterinburg (must see)

The Sverdlovsk Art Gallery was founded in 1936 and was later renamed the Sverdlovsk Fine Arts Museum. In 1992, when the city returned to its historic name, it was renamed the Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum. The Ural Society of Naturalists provided the core of the museum's collection, and items were later added from the State Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum. The museum is known for its unique collection of Kashlinski art moldings and the world famous Kashlinski Iron-cast Pavilion, which received the Grand Prix award at the Paris Expo in 1900. Over the years the museum has grown into a major cultural center in Yekaterinburg.