▁named ▁the ▁new ▁museum ▁after ▁its ▁founder ▁and ▁had ▁the ▁ins cription ▁" from ▁count ▁Rum y ant se v ▁for ▁the ▁good ▁En light en ment " ▁car ved ▁above ▁its ▁entrance . ▁In ▁the ▁subsequent ▁years , ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁museum ▁grew ▁by ▁numerous ▁further ▁don ations ▁of ▁objects ▁and ▁money , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁museum ▁soon ▁hous ed ▁a ▁yet ▁more ▁important ▁collection ▁of ▁Western ▁European ▁paint ings , ▁an ▁extensive ▁ant ique ▁collection ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁collection ▁of ▁icons . ▁Indeed , ▁the ▁collection ▁grew ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁soon ▁the ▁prem ises ▁of ▁the ▁P ash kov ▁House ▁became ▁ins u fficient , ▁and ▁a ▁second ▁building ▁was ▁built ▁beside ▁the ▁museum ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁turn ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁to ▁house ▁the ▁paint ings ▁in ▁particular . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁October ▁Revolution ▁the ▁contents ▁again ▁grew ▁enorm ously , ▁and ▁again ▁lack ▁of ▁space ▁became ▁an ▁ur gent ▁problem . ▁ ▁Ac ute ▁financial ▁problems ▁also ▁arose , ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁fin ance ▁the ▁Museum ▁flow ed ▁into ▁the ▁P ush kin ▁Museum , ▁which ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁finished ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁before ▁and ▁was ▁assuming ▁the ▁Rum y ant se v ▁Museum ' s ▁role . ▁Therefore , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁to ▁dissol ve ▁the ▁Rum y ant se v ▁Museum ▁and ▁to ▁spread ▁its ▁collections ▁over ▁other ▁museum s ▁and ▁institutions ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁Part ▁of ▁the ▁collections , ▁in ▁particular ▁the