Erarta is one of the largest contemporary art museums in Russia, its central part being the Museum of Modern Art in St. Petersburg. This museum boasts a new approach to popularization of art by building a revolutionary system of relationships between the art objects and the viewer. The museum exposition is completely focused on the visitor who is considered to have the greatest value. All museum activities are aimed at expanding the number of modern art-lovers; the main concept that lies behind them is that Art can make a person's life much happier.

Erarta is also the largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia. Its permanent collection numbers 2300 works by more than 250 artists from all regions. In addition to that, Erarta holds more than 30 temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, fashion and design annually.

One can buy works by contemporary Russian artists in the museum gift shop.