The board of guardians is chaired by Vladimir Yakovlev, governor of St Petersburg. The society's individual and corporate members support the museum by rendering services and making donations. Personal members of the society mostly help the museum by making financial contributions. Donators of works of art constitute a special group among friends and include Joseph and Jacob Rzhevsky, Natalia Dudinskaya, Victor Tsarytsin, Irina Frolova, Elena Obraztsova, Olga Kvade, Timur Novikov and Igor Savchenko. Special diplomas and personal white, silver and gold cards are awarded to members.
Payment is made in Russian roubles.
The list of organizations and companies of The Friends of the Russian Museum international society The Russian Museum extends a warm welcome to all those share a love of Russian art and a common concern for the preservation of Russian national culture.