Odessa National Art Museum

The Odessa Art Museum, which owns an outstanding collection of art objects, is located in the very center of Odessa, in the ancient Naryshkin Palace, built in the 1820s in the best traditions of Russian classicism. In 1888, the palace was purchased by the then mayor of Odessa, a prominent public figure, patron of the arts and collector Grigory Marazli, who transferred it to the city for the purpose of establishing a museum of fine arts in it.