The Museum of Russian Icons was founded by a Rosgosstrakh manager Mikhail Abramov.

[citation needed] The Museum first opened its doors in May 2006 and at that time it occupied a hall in the Vereyskaya Plaza business center.

Four years later collection was moved to premises in Goncharnaya street in downtown Moscow.

Admission is free Mikhail Yuryevich Abramov began collecting and studying ancient icons in 2003.

[1] This museum is the only private collection of Byzantine and Ancient Russian art in Russia.