State Museum of Palekh Art (Museum of Icons)

miniatur objects / icons

Very interesting miniatur objects and icons are not all in the same museum but in 4 museums. You can buy a ticket for all museums in any of the museums.

A must see

An excellent collection of icons and Russian lacquer folk art miniatures. A definite must see, we glad we took our time to visit the village of Palekh and this museum.

The Museum of Paleh Art

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The State Museum of Palehsky Art was founded in 1935. The new museum-exhibition complex was opened in 2014. It includes six museums: Icon Museum, Lacque Miniature Museum, House-museum ...

Amazing museum with wonderful tour guides

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The icon and Palech's painting are very interesting and unique. The museum is surprisingly harmonious and interesting. I would recommend visiting it with the tour guide, and then to allocate another 2-3 hour to careful study the ... exhibit

Validity exceeded expectations.

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Palech's lacquer miniatures are known all over the world. And such fame is so much advertised that I had fear that seeing them close and in a large number, we will be disappointed ...