# Maslenikov Art Museum, Mogilev > The Maslenikov Art Museum is Mogilev’s main art gallery, set in a striking former bank at 33 Mironova Street. Adult tickets are 4.40 BYN; it is open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00, and closed on Mondays. An hour covers the three permanent displays: Pavel Maslenikov’s paintings, icons and 18th-century frescoes, and a hologram of the lost Cross of St Euphrosyne inside the old bank vault. Web page: https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-art-museum - City: [Mogilev](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev), Belarus - YesGo score: 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) - Time on site: 1 h - Entry: 4.40 BYN - With kids: Fine with kids - Adult ticket: 4.40 BYN — permanent displays - Children 7+ and students: 2.20 BYN; under 7 free - Art Hall temporary shows: 2 BYN, separate ticket - Family ticket: 9.50 BYN — two adults and one child under 18, weekends and holidays - Discount day: 50% off on the last Wednesday of the month (displays from the museum’s own collection) - Hours: 11:00–19:00; ticket desk and entry until 18:30 - Closed: Mondays - Photography: 2.75 BYN; no flash or tripod, may be banned in temporary shows - Guided tour: Overview tour 26.50 BYN per group of up to 20, in Russian or Belarusian - Online tickets: On the museum’s website, paid by card via WebPay or via ERIP - Payment: Belarusian roubles (BYN); cards issued abroad may be declined — carry cash - Address: 33 Mironova St (vulica Mironava), by Lenin Square - Phone: +375 222 62-24-25, +375 222 71-17-49 - Getting there: From Glory Square on foot via Leninskaya and Mironova, ≈ 2 km, 25 min - Coordinates: 53.90810, 30.33838 - Facts checked: 02.11.2026 ## Key facts - **Former bank** — built for the Peasant Land Bank and the Nobles’ Land Bank, designed by Alexander Drucker (source: museum website; Vetliva; Russian Wikipedia (the two banks)) - **200 roubles** — the building is on the front of the current Belarusian 200-rouble note (2009 series) (source: Russian Wikipedia (Belarusian rouble); Myfin.by) - **The vault** — the armoured strongroom held the Cross of St Euphrosyne of Polotsk until WWII; it now shows its hologram (source: museum website; Vetliva; Russian Wikipedia) - **1903–1914** — built in a mix of Art Nouveau, Russian Revival and late Classicism (source: Russian Wikipedia; Vetliva (the museum names only the styles)) - **1990** — the regional art museum opened on 19 November (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia; Vetliva) - **1994** — Belarus’s first single-artist picture gallery opened here, in Pavel Maslenikov’s lifetime (source: museum website; Vetliva) - **1996** — the museum was named after Pavel Maslenikov (1914–1995), People’s Artist of Belarus (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia) - **1919–1932** — the building housed the Mogilev State Historical Museum (source: Russian Wikipedia; Vetliva; museum website (from May 1919)) - **16 holograms** — of treasures and artefacts from the 11th–19th centuries (source: museum website; Vetliva) - **18th century** — the Transfiguration fresco from the Carmelite monastery in Byalynichy anchors the Preserved Heritage display (source: museum website; Vetliva) - **Since 1996** — the museum has hosted a yearly international painting plein-air, “The Image of the Motherland” (source: museum website; Russian Wikipedia) ## Maslenikov Art Museum tickets and opening hours An adult ticket for the permanent displays costs **4.40 BYN**; children from 7 and students pay **2.20 BYN**, and under-7s go free. The museum is open **Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00**, closed on Mondays, with the ticket desk and entry closing at 18:30. These are the museum’s own published prices and hours. Temporary shows in the Art Hall need a separate 2 BYN ticket. At weekends and on holidays a family ticket for two adults and one child under 18 is 9.50 BYN. On the **last Wednesday of each month**, permanent displays are half price, and full-time foreign students with an ISIC card get 50% off any day. Taking photos in the galleries costs an extra 2.75 BYN — no flash, tripod or selfie stick. Some temporary exhibitions ban photography for copyright reasons, so watch for signs. > **Closed on Mondays — and entry stops at 18:30** Staff start closing the rooms 15 minutes before 19:00. To see all three permanent displays without rushing, arrive by 17:30. The façade and the bust outside are free to see any day, Mondays included. ## Paying: roubles, cards and online tickets All prices are in Belarusian roubles (BYN). Cards issued outside Belarus and Russia work in some places and fail in others because of sanctions, so take out or change some cash in the city before you reach the ticket desk; whether the desk takes foreign cards is not published. The museum also sells e-tickets on its website, paid by bank card through WebPay or through ERIP, the Belarusian payment system. The site is in Russian. This payment advice is unofficial — check with your bank before you travel. ## Is the Maslenikov Art Museum worth visiting? Yes, if you have an hour in central Mogilev — mostly for the building and the old bank vault. It is a regional museum, not a national gallery: don’t expect famous European names. What you get is a striking early-20th-century bank, rare Belarusian icons and baroque frescoes rescued from a demolished monastery, and a good story about a lost holy relic. The building was put up in the early 20th century to designs by **Alexander Drucker** for the Peasant Land Bank and the Nobles’ Land Bank. Its asymmetrical front, with a tented tower and a kokoshnik gable, blends Art Nouveau with Russian Revival — it is famous enough to appear on the **200-rouble note**. From 1919 a history museum used the bank’s armoured strongroom for the region’s greatest treasures, including the 12th-century **Cross of St Euphrosyne of Polotsk**. Everything vanished early in the Second World War, and the cross has never been found. Skip the museum if paintings bore you and time is tight — the façade alone takes five minutes. ## What to see inside - **Pavel Maslenikov Picture Gallery** (upstairs) — landscapes, theatre set and costume designs and personal belongings of the Mogilev-born painter; opened in 1994 as Belarus’s first single-artist gallery. - **Preserved Heritage** — art from the Mogilev region, 17th–20th centuries: icons, sculpture, book engravings, ceramics, centred on the 18th-century Transfiguration fresco from the Carmelite monastery in Byalynichy. - **“In the Nets of Jacob’s Dream”** — another rescued Byalynichy fresco, reworked by restorer Yuri Malinovsky with Suprematist forms. - **The Mystery of the Cross** — the original armoured bank vault, now a dark ‘cosmos’ with a hologram of the lost Cross of St Euphrosyne. - **The Mysterious Reflection of Centuries** — 16 holograms of hoards and artefacts found in Belarus, 11th–19th centuries. - A replica **batleika**, the Belarusian Christmas puppet theatre, used in the museum’s classes. - Outside: the tower, the tiles and a bronze bust of Maslenikov — free at any time. ## How to get to the Maslenikov Art Museum 1. Start at Glory Square (Ploshchad Slavy) by the Town Hall, where pedestrian [Leninskaya Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-leninskaya-street) begins. 2. Walk north along Leninskaya past Star Square to the end of the car-free section at Mironova Street — about 1.5 km, 18–20 minutes. 3. Turn left onto Mironova Street and walk about 500 m to No. 33 — the tower is visible from afar, next to Lenin Square. 4. From Mogilev-1 railway station, bus 1 and trolleybus 2 run to the Ploshchad Lenina stop (OpenStreetMap data — check the route map at the stop). Pay the driver in cash. 5. From the central bus station at 93 Leninskaya Street it is about 1 km on foot, 12–15 minutes; a taxi from Glory Square takes 5–7 minutes. ## Short on time? Which display to pick | | Maslenikov Gallery | Preserved Heritage | Vault and holograms | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What’s inside | Landscapes, theatre sketches, personal items | Icons, frescoes, sculpture, engravings | Hologram of the cross and 16 artefacts | | Where | Upper floor | Permanent rooms | The old armoured bank vault | | Time | 20–30 min | 20–30 min | 10–15 min | | Best for | Fans of realist painting | Icons and baroque art | Kids and history buffs | With 30 minutes, do the vault and the Transfiguration fresco — you won’t find either anywhere else in Mogilev. Keep the gallery for a full hour. ## Before you go: checklist - [ ] It is not Monday - [ ] I’ll be at the desk before 18:30 - [ ] Belarusian roubles in cash - [ ] Student card (ISIC) for 50% off - [ ] Decided whether to pay 2.75 BYN for photos - [ ] Translation app — labels are in Russian and Belarusian - [ ] Big backpack goes to the cloakroom ## Mogilev’s historic sights compared Every historic place in Mogilev rated by YesGo. - [Mogilev Drama Theatre](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-drama-theatre) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Facade free, plays ticketed - [Glory Square](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-glory-square) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free, open 24/7 - [St Stanislaus Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-st-stanislaus-cathedral) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free - [St Nicholas Monastery](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-st-nicholas-monastery) — YesGo score 43/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · Free - [Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-three-hierarchs-cathedral) — YesGo score 43/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free - [Leninskaya Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-leninskaya-street) — YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free, open 24/7 - [Mogilev Town Hall](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-town-hall) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · 3.50 BYN, tower 8 BYN - [Maslennikov Art Museum](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-art-museum) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 4.40 BYN - [Buinichi Field Memorial](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/buinichi-field) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free; museum next door 16 BYN ## Central Mogilev in half a day Glory Square and the Town Hall, St Stanislaus Cathedral, a stroll up Leninskaya and the art museum at the far end. Add them to your route — YesGo fits in the timing and transfers. 1. [Glory Square](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-glory-square) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free, open 24/7 2. [Mogilev Town Hall](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-town-hall) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · 3.50 BYN, tower 8 BYN 3. [St Stanislaus Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-st-stanislaus-cathedral) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free 4. [Leninskaya Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-leninskaya-street) — YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free, open 24/7 5. [Maslennikov Art Museum](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-art-museum) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 4.40 BYN ## Don’t confuse it with The Byalynitsky-Birulya Museum at 37 Leninskaya Street is a different art museum, part of the National Art Museum of Belarus, with its own hours. The Romanov regional museum of local history is also separate, although the Maslenikov museum’s visitor rules now list it as a branch of that institution. Yet another Byalynitsky-Birulya art museum, in the town of Byalynichy outside Mogilev, is a branch of this one. ## Tips - Come on the last Wednesday of the month — permanent displays are half price. - Walk Leninskaya Street from the [Town Hall](https://yesgo.io/belarus/mogilev/mogilev-town-hall) and finish here — the museum sits just past the street’s northern end. - Labels are in Russian and Belarusian; a camera-translation app helps in the gallery. - Children like the vault and the holograms best — under-7s go free. - Backpacks can’t be worn in the rooms — use the cloakroom. ## Questions ### How much are tickets to the Maslenikov Art Museum? 4.40 BYN for adults, 2.20 BYN for children from 7 and students, free for under-7s. Temporary Art Hall shows are 2 BYN extra; photography is 2.75 BYN. ### What are the opening hours? Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00; the ticket desk and entry close at 18:30. Closed on Mondays. ### Where is the museum and how do I get there? At 33 Mironova Street by Lenin Square, about 25 minutes on foot from Glory Square via Leninskaya Street. From the railway station take bus 1 or trolleybus 2 to Ploshchad Lenina. ### Is it worth visiting? Yes for an hour — mainly for the old bank building, the vault with the hologram of the lost Cross of St Euphrosyne, and Belarusian icons and frescoes. It is a regional museum, so don’t expect world-famous paintings. ### Can I pay by card? Bring Belarusian roubles in cash: cards issued abroad may be declined. E-tickets on the museum website accept cards via WebPay. This is unofficial — check with your bank. ### Is there information in English? The museum does not publish English labels or English tours; captions are in Russian and Belarusian. A translation app is the practical answer. ### Can I take photos inside? Yes, for 2.75 BYN, for personal use only, without flash or a tripod. Some temporary exhibitions do not allow photography. ### How long do I need? About an hour for the three permanent displays; up to 1.5 hours with a temporary exhibition. ### Is it Maslenikov or Maslennikov? The museum spells it Maslenikov, with one n; Maslennikov is a common variant in guidebooks and maps. Both refer to the same museum. ## How we checked Prices, hours, the Monday closure, photo rules and online tickets are from the museum’s own website, checked on 02.11.2026. Vetliva lists the museum as open daily; we follow the museum, which says Monday is closed. Collection size (8,000+ per the museum, 6,300 per Vetliva) and the number of paintings Maslenikov donated (125 or about 140) differ between sources, so we leave them out. The price list’s combined ticket and larger family tickets are ambiguous, so we don’t quote them. The 1903–1914 building dates come from Wikipedia and Vetliva; the museum gives only the styles. Bus and trolleybus routes are from OpenStreetMap and walking times are YesGo estimates from the map — marked as checking. That no English tours are offered is our inference from the museum’s Russian-only service list. Payment advice is unofficial. ## Sources - Maslenikov Art Museum, official website: opening hours, price list, visitor rules, e-tickets, contacts, museum history and display pages, 02.11.2026 - Russian Wikipedia: Mogilev Regional Art Museum named after P. V. Maslenikov; Pavel Maslenikov; Belarusian rouble; Wikidata Q3917566 - Vetliva: Regional Art Museum named after P. V. Maslenikov in Mogilev - Know Your Land (my-places.by): Mogilev Art Museum named after P. V. Maslenikov - Myfin.by: description of the 2009-series banknotes - OpenStreetMap / Nominatim: address, stops, bus 1 and trolleybus 2 routes --- This is the Markdown version of a YesGo page for AI assistants. 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