The Erarta building in Saint Petersburg brings under one roof Erarta Museum, the largest private museum in Russia with over 2300 works by more than 250 artists from 17 regions of Russia in its collection, one of the branches of the international group of Erarta Galleries and other temporary exhibition spaces. The total floor space of the Erarta building is 10,000 sqm.

Erarta opened its doors in September 2010 after a 3-year renovation of a Stalin-era building and has already established itself as one of the top attractions in Saint Petersburg. Its mission is to bring people closer to contemporary art and in order to achieve it, Erarta has created several special projects, which popularize art and immerse people in the creative process. At Erarta visitors can experience “U-Space” total installations, watch multimedia plays with characters from paintings at the “Theatre With No Actors”, see stories of paintings come alive on the screen in the “Art-animation” project and even secure their own place in the museum by participating in the “Art-literature” project, a series of creative essays written by Erarta’s guests which describe their thoughts about works from the collection – the museum displays all those it likes on permanent exhibit for other visitors to enjoy!