Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary art museum in Perm, Russia

The Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (PERMM) occupies a former tram depot at 24 Gagarina Boulevard, a building it moved into after leaving the unsafe River Station Hall. The museum opened in spring 2009 and holds changing exhibitions, festivals, artist talks, lectures, workshops, concerts and performances. It sits close to the Perm State Art Gallery and the Perm Krai Museum, together forming a museum complex.

The museum was founded in 2009 on the initiative of senator Sergey Gordeev and Moscow gallerist Marat Gelman, as an outgrowth of the exhibition "Russian Poor". It first occupied the 1940 River Station building by architect Alexander Grinberg. In summer 2014 it moved to 24 Gagarina Boulevard because the station needed reconstruction, and on 1 September 2023 it left that address for 4 Krisanova Street, a former Mercedes-Benz dealership, reopening in late October.

The museum grew out of the 2008 exhibition "Russian Poor", organized by senator Sergei Gordeyev, the Perm Krai administration and Moscow gallerist Marat Gelman. Gelman became director in 2009 and led PERMM until his dismissal in June 2013 after the Vasily Slonov exhibition "Welcome! Sochi 2014" was deemed extremist. The museum hosts changing exhibitions, festivals, artist talks, lectures, workshops, concerts and performances.

The museum sits at 24 Gagarina Boulevard, in a former tram depot near the Perm State Art Gallery and the Perm Krai Museum, so the three can be visited together. Since September 2023 it has left that address for 4 Krisanova Street, in a former Mercedes-Benz dealership, reopening there in late October. Check the current site before travelling.

The museum began with the 2008 exhibition "Russian Poor" (Russkoye Bednoye), organised by senator Sergei Gordeyev, the Perm Krai administration and Moscow gallerist Marat Gelman. Gordeyev intended the museum as a "motor" to give the city new momentum. Its first home was the River Station building, designed by architect Alexander Grinberg in 1940.