Natalia Polenova (born July 12, 1975, Moscow) is a Russian museum expert and the director of the State Memorial of History, Art and Natural Museum Reserve - Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov since 2011. She is an expert on Russian painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a specialist of French culture and a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM Russia). In 2018, she was awarded the title of Honoured Functionary of Culture of the Russian Federation in Tula.[1]