Travel Reference
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RIZZORDI ART FOUNDATION
If you've visited the galleries of Ligovsky pr and Vosstaniya and you're still look-
ing for some more contemporary art, head out to the
Rizzordi Art Foundation
Baltiiskaya)
, the most exciting contemporary art venue in the city to date. Opening
in summer 2011, this impressive factory conversion is worth seeing in itself; it's a
huge space taking up the top two floors of a disused 19th-century brewery. Very
interesting temporary exhibits from local up-and-coming artists are showcased
here. Half the adventure is just getting to the site (not to mention the incredible
post-industrial wasteland you have to travel through). It's a 30-minute walk from
Baltiiskaya metro, or you can take bus 49 from Sennaya pl towards Dvinskaya ul
and get off at Kurlyand-skaya ul, the second stop after you cross the Fontanka
River.
MMUSSEUUM
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV FLAT- MUSEUM
(
Мемориальный музей-квартира Римского-Корсакова
;
www.theatremuseum.ru
;
Zagorodny pr 28; admission R100, audio-guide R100;
11am-6pm Wed-Sun; Vladimirskaya)
Home of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for the last 15
years of his life (1893-1908), this is where he composed 11 of his 15 operas, includ-
ing the
Fairy Tale of the Tsar Sultan
and the
Golden Rooster
. The memorial flat (a
branch of the State Museum of Theatre & Music) includes four rooms that have been
lovingly restored to their original appearance, including the composer's study. A
Becker grand piano graces the living room, played over the years by Rachmaninov,
Glazunov, Scriabin, Stravinsky - and of course Rimsky-Korsakov himself.
