Sochi Art Museum is located in the central area of ​​the resort city. This museum - the successor to the Exhibition Hall of Fine Arts of the city of Sochi, founded in 1971,

The museum is located in one of the most beautiful urban buildings, which is a monument of architecture of the 1930s. This building was erected in 1936 as the administrative center of the Commissioner of the USSR Central Executive Committee. The author of the project was made by Academician of Architecture IV Zholtovsky.

To date, the museum covers a total area 0, 67 ha. The museum has about 5054 exhibits, which includes almost all the most famous genres and art forms. In the museum you can see the cold steel II-I centuries. BC, ancient silver, ancient Russian icons of the XVIII-XX centuries., a collection of graphics, paintings and works of decorative art from the nineteenth century. to the present. Here, at the same time it presents about 10 exhibitions temporary and permanent storage, causing constant interest Sochi residents and guests.

The museum has three current exhibitions: "Russian art of the XIX-XXI Art." (Sculpture, painting, drawing), "Arts and crafts of Russia of the twentieth century." And "megaproject. The layout of the Olympic Sochi "project with planned Olympic venues. The main asset of Sochi Museum is considered to be a collection of painting, full of works of many famous artists such as pre-revolutionary period, and artists of the twentieth century - Ivan Aivazovsky, Shishkin, Kustodiev, V. Polenov, Serov and others.

Every month in Sochi Art Museum arranged a variety of temporary exhibitions. The museum's art gallery, where you can buy art antiques, works of art and crafts and more.