Marina M. Zinoveeva

The article is devoted to the Museum of Decorative, Applied and Industrial Art of Stroganov Russian State Art University; founded in 1864 in Moscow, it became one of the oldest museums in Russia. Since 1899 till the revolution it used to be called the Museum of Emperor Alexander II. The main purpose of the museum was to collect and study works of Russian art, which was in line with the Stroganov School, whose original intention was to preserve and develop national artistic traditions. Many outstanding representatives of Russian culture, art and science, including graduates from Moscow University, contributed to the history of the Stroganov School Museum. Since its foundation the Museum has been closely connected to art education and industrial education in this country.