In December 2008, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation assigned ROSPHOTO museum for the functions of a scientific and methodological center for the implementation of the Program for the preservation of photographic documents included in the state funds of the Russian Federation. The goal of the Program is a comprehensive solution to problems related to ensuring the preservation of the photographic documents and materials national fund. Work under the Program is carried out in cooperation with professional Russian and foreign organizations that have collections as part of museum, library, and archival funds. Within the framework of the Program, ROSPHOTO monitors photo collections and conducts on-site consultations in museums and archives throughout Russia, carries out technical and technological research of photo documents, develops systems for the normalization of photo documents storage and provision of user access to images, special methods of biological and biochemical protection and processing. The development of methods and technologies for conservation and restoration is carried out, which will allow for an optimal solution to the problems of the preservation of any Russian museum collection, private collection, or archive of photographs and negatives

The ROSPHOTO museum develops and publishes reference and methodological materials for specialists working in the field of preserving photographic collections in the form of compendiums and on its web portal, and carries out educational activities. Cataloging valuable photographic monuments of national scale is one of the stages in the formation of the Register of especially valuable photographic objects included in the state funds of the Russian Federation.

The ROSPHOTO museum conferences, seminars, and consultations are intended to improve the professional level of specialists working with photography – curators, conservators, and restorers.

The annual international conference "Photography in the Museum" is a program that brings together representatives of various professions in culture and the museum community in order to determine the attitude towards photographic images in modern museum practices, to form and discuss a range of current issues and modern technologies and information exchange.

The ROSPHOTO museum has developed and conducts a series of practical consultations that combine art history with knowledge of chemistry and technology of photographic materials, as well as in the field of working with museum funds and collections. Practical consultations are held in the ROSPHOTO Department of Laboratory and Restoration Research equipped with modern devices, under the guidance of highly qualified specialists, using modern technological materials. Participants in the consultations have access to the Center's extensive library.

In the scientific examination laboratory, equipped in accordance with modern standards, optical-electronic, physical-chemical, historical-documentary examination of documents and materials is carried out.

COLLECTION

The ROSPHOTO museum is constantly expanding its collection of unique photographic materials (it contains more than 40,000 storage units), illustrating the evolution of world and Russian photography, technologies, artistic styles, and photographic equipment.

A significant part of the ROSPHOTO fund is made up of complete collections of photographic documents, in particular, a collection of Russian historical and regional photography from the late 19th – early 20th centuries, and a collection of portrait photography from the same era. An important area of ​​the ROSPHOTO fund formation is the collection of images made in old and rare techniques. The collection of works from the late 19th – early 20th centuries includes key names significant for the history of photography.

The collection of photographs from the second half of the 20th century features works by the most famous Leningrad and Moscow photographers.
The ROSPHOTO museum regularly replenishes the collection with works by contemporary Russian and foreign authors. The ROSPHOTO virtual museum is constantly replenished with works from the collection.

PHOTO STUDIO AND DESIGN CENTER

The ROSPHOTO design center is equipped with devices that allow for digital printing of photographic works on various bases (different types of paper, plastic, self-adhesive vinyl) and their design for exposure, using modern technologies (lamination, rolling on plastic, foam board, composite panel). The technical equipment of the photo studio helps in imaging and re-imaging of works of art, printing images from film and glass negatives.

STORE

The ROSPHOTO store presents the most important, world-famous publications dedicated to photography and visual culture, including albums and catalogues from famous publishing houses Collection Photo Poche, Thames & Hudson, Musée d’Orsay, Phaidon, as well as books on philosophy, cultural studies, art history, children's publications, ROSPHOTO publications and catalogues from different years.
The publications will be of interest to professional photographers, teachers and students of art institutes, connoisseurs and lovers of contemporary art.

The State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO was founded in 2002 by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The ROSPHOTO museum carries out activities in all areas of current issues related to photography and images, in particular, exhibition and research programs in the field of visual culture.

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Last updated on 5.09.2025