St Michael’s Castle was designed by V. Brenna and V. Bazhenov as a residence for Emperor Paul I. The Emperor himself took part in designing the castle. It was named after St Michael (patron saint of the Royal family). Paul I spent only forty days there - on the night of 11/12 March 1801, he was murdered in a palace coup.
Today the castle houses expositions «The History of the Castle and its Inhabitants», «Antique Subjects in the Russian Art» and «The Renaissance in the Oeuvre of Russian Artists».
From November 15, 2018 to January 14, 2019 the museum hosts an exhibition «Unexpected Malevich» presenting the unknown drawings of Kazimir Malevich, received in the collection of the Russian Museum.