Hermitage-Vyborg Center
History
Vyborg Art Museum and Drawing School was built in 1929–1930 when the town was a part of Finland. The classicism and functionalism style building is located on top of the 16th-century Panzerlachs Bastion, which was one of the fortifications of the Vyborg town wall. Like Alvar Aalto's famous Vyborg Library, it is another remarkable piece of Finnish-era modern architecture in Vyborg.
The Vyborg Art Museum and Drawing School were founded by the Vyborg Art Society (Finnish: Viipurin taideyhdistys) (established in 1890). The museum had a large collection of Finnish and European art as well as works of various Russian masters. Vyborg was the second largest city in Finland and the Vyborg Art Museum was considered the country's second-most significant art museum, next to the Ateneum in Helsinki. It was severely damaged during World War II and the collections were relocated to several Finnish art museums. After the war, Vyborg became a part of the Soviet Union and the building was renovated for administrative use.
The latest renovations took place in the early 2000s. A children's art school was opened in 2003 and the Hermitage-Vyborg Center project was launched in November 2007. The branch museum was finally opened in June 2010.
Sources
- The Hermitage-Vyborg Center Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine The State Hermitage Museum
References
- ^ VIIPURI ART MUSEUM AND DRAWING SCHOOL In-Arch. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
External links
Media related to Hermitage-Vyborg Center at Wikimedia Commons
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