The Primorye State Art Gallery on Aleutskaya Street is the main art museum of the Russian Far East, with a collection spanning Russian imperial painting, Soviet-era art, and a strong collection of East Asian decorative arts. The 19th-century Russian canvases — landscapes, portraits, and historical scenes — are well-represented, and the Soviet-era rooms are genuinely interesting as cultural documents.
The gallery occupies a historic building near the waterfront and is not large — an hour and a half is comfortable. The East Asian collection on the upper floors is the most distinctive part. The gallery stages temporary exhibitions through the year and has a small gift shop.