Over the past fifty years, the Yaroslavl Art Museum has established itself as a respected research center. Its main building features major exhibitions dedicated to Russian art of the 18th and early 20th centuries, as well as 20th-century art. Adjacent to the building is a park with the exhibition "Governor's Garden. Sculpture in the Open Air." In the Metropolitan Chambers, an exhibition of ancient Russian art from the 13th to the 19th centuries is open. In 2014, the Museum of Foreign Art was opened in Soviet Square, showcasing Western European art from the 16th to the early 20th centuries and Eastern art. In the village of Rybnitsy, there is a branch of the museum, the House-Museum of sculptor A.M. Opekushin, featuring the exhibition "Master of Plaster Works." In Tutaev, there is a branch called "House on Novinskaya" with exhibitions "Provincial Bank" and "Apartment of the Bank Manager." In 1986, the museum acquired a collection of paintings, graphics, medals, coins, and dishes collected by V.V. Ashik. The transfer of the collection, which includes 22 thousand items, lasted from 1986 to 2000. Since 1996, the museum has held scientific readings on the study of ancient Russian art, dedicated to the memory of researcher of Yaroslavl icon painting Irina Petrovna Bolotseva. The museum publishes an annual "Collection of Scientific Readings," as well as catalogs of its collections of icon painting and graphics. Work is underway on a catalog of paintings. The Yaroslavl Art Museum actively engages in the preservation of ancient monuments, creating copies for active churches. In 2010, for the 1000th anniversary of Yaroslavl, the museum prepared copies of icons from the 17th-century Assumption Cathedral. The copies were made as part of the federal program "Culture of Russia" and installed in the iconostasis of the new Assumption Cathedral. In 2013, the museum allocated 300 thousand rubles for the creation of a copy of the "Frame from the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan with 20 Scenes," which was transferred to the Kazan Women's Monastery. The Yaroslavl Art Museum was one of the first in Russia to hold musical salons in its exhibitions. The "Barocco" ensemble performs music from baroque to avant-garde and participates in museum events. The museum actively participates in international events such as "Museum Night" and the "Intermuseum" festival. Its staff have repeatedly received awards and grants, including from the President of Russia and charitable foundations. In 1997, the museum won the "Window to Russia" competition organized by the newspaper "Culture." In 2000, it received a grant from the Open Society Institute to create exhibitions in the "House on Novinskaya" branch. In 2003, at the "Intermuseum" festival, the museum received equipment for open painting funds as a gift. In 2007, the project "Russian Artists in China" became a laureate of the "Intermuseum-2007" festival. In 2010, the museum received a grant from the President of Russia to create the exhibition "Art of the 20th Century." In 2013, the project "House in Cross-section" became a laureate of the V. Potanin Charitable Foundation competition, while the project "Seminarians in the Museum" won at the "Intermuseum-2013" festival. In 2015, the museum was the only Russian nominee for the international competition "European Museum of the Year 2016."