The Tretyakov Gallery is special because it is one of the largest and most famous art museums in the world. It keeps a collection of Russian fine art, including more than 180,000 objects, from the XI century to the XX century.
There is the rich collection of ancient Russian icon painting of the 12th—17th centuries including Andrei. Rublyov’s famous "Trinity", as well as significant works of painting and sculpture of the 18th — 19th centuries — paintings by Dmitriy Levitskiy, Fyodor Rokotov, Karl Bryullov,. Orest Kiprenskiy, Alexander Ivanov (including his well-known canvas "The Appearance of Christ Before the People"), Ivan Kramskoy, and sculptures by Fedot Shubin.
The main building of the gallery includes the renovated Tretyakov home and several buildings that were attached to it at various times. The main facade of the building was erected in 1902 according to plans by the artist Victor Vasnetsov.