Museum of Russian Art

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Museum of Russian Art
Museum of Russian Art
Former name
CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art
Location Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°42′57″N74°2′24″W / 40.71583°N 74.04000°W / 40.71583; -74.04000
Type Art Museum
Website moramuseum.org

The Museum of Russian Art (MoRA) is a museum in Jersey City, New Jersey dedicated to exhibiting Russian art, particularly Soviet Nonconformist Art. It was established in 1980 as CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art (the name including the abbreviation for the Committee for the Absorption of Soviet Emigres. [1] ) The museum's historic brownstone building in Paulus Hook underwent renovation and re-opened in 2010. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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