The Mining Museum of the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute is one of the oldest museums in our country, founded simultaneously …
Along with cultural and historical sights, St. Petersburg has another, no less revered value: the spiritual courage of the city's …
Museum of Police History of the Cultural Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in St. Petersburg and Leningrad regi …
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communications Troops was founded in 1703 by order of Peter I as …
The residence of the Yusupovs on Moika belongs to the type of city estate. The palace was built presumably in the 1770s by the Fre …
Izvara is an ancient Russian estate, which is associated with the childhood and youth of N.K. Roerich - the famous Russian artist. …
The central exhibition hall "Manege" has an extensive collection of contemporary art, numbering more than 2000 items of storage. T …
The Museum of Wonders under a microscope. Guests will see and will not believe their eyes. In the unique collection of microminiat …
The museum complex is located on the territory of almost 60 thousand square meters. Two buildings – the building of the old locomo …
The memorial workshop of T.G. Shevchenko is the only museum exposition in St. Petersburg, representing the work of an outstanding …
The Central Museum of Communication named after A.S. Popov was founded on September 11, 1872. The unique collection of the museum …
The largest in Russia and one of the world's largest art and cultural-historical museums appeared in 1764 as a private collection …
The St. Petersburg Cinema Museum is a public institution that introduces cinema of various genres, its history and development bot …
The collection of the Suvorov Museum was initially formed mainly due to the gifts of admirers of the memory of the commander. …
The museum was founded by the Model Camera, founded by Peter I at the Admiralty in St. Petersburg in 1709. It is one of the first …
The State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO was founded in 2002 by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. ROSFO …
The Yelaginoostrovsk Palace-Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts and Interior of the XVIII-XX centuries is located in the most pi …
Marinesko Museum of the Russian Underwater Forces is based on the collections of the school museum "Combat operations of submarine …
In the very center of St. Petersburg, where Nevsky Prospekt meets Fontanka, there is a magnificent monument of Russian architectur …
The State Museum "Smolny" was opened in December 1991 by order of the mayor of St. Petersburg A.A. Sobchak. It was based on the ol …
The museum was founded in 1813 as an educational museum at St. Petersburg Putey Institute. Exhibits were shown at all-Russian and …
The PSUPS Museum is one of the few university museums with a long history. It is a scientific, cultural, educational center tha …
Hidden from our eyes by vegetation soil seems homogeneous and unattractive. However, our life is impossible without this amazing n …
The State Complex “Palace of Congresses” was established in 2001 by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Put …
RSMAA is the only cultural and educational institution in Russia and the largest in the world, comprehensively covering polar them …
The Museum-Reserve “Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad” was created in the Southern Ladoga region on the places of fierce batt …
The Meteorological Museum of the Main Geophysical Observatory (6 Belinsky Street) was opened in 1944 after returning from the evac …
The factory was founded on September 11, 1882 - the government approved the charter of the new company - the Partnership of St. Pe …
Since June 29, 1957, in the old building with a Kalanch on Bolshoi Avenue of Vasilievsky Island, the permanent Fire and Techn …
The museum provides information on the geological structure, history of geological development and mineral deposits of all regions …
In the Museum of St. Petersburg avant-garde you will get acquainted with the works of futurist poets and avant-garde artists (ofte …
Museum-estate of Ilya Repin "Penaty" is located 45 kilometers from St. Petersburg, in the village of Repino (formerly Kuokkola) on …
The only professionally organized aviation museum in St. Petersburg. Chronological framework of the exhibition - 1885-1999. Theme …
The St. Petersburg Museum of Bread has a unique collection of more than 14,000 exhibits that allow you to show the life and life o …
Peterhof, for 200 years the ceremonial summer residence of emperors, is inextricably linked with our history. The Primorsky Paradi …
The museum is dedicated to the history of the first domestic porcelain factory, founded in 1744. You will see the products of mast …
The Museum of History of the Conservatory was opened on March 18, 1969, on the 125th anniversary of the birth of N.A. Rimsky-Korsa …
Our museum is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg and Russia: the date of its foundation is considered to be 1823. Currently, the …
Created by architect Auguste Montferrand, St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg is an outstanding monument of Russian architectu …
St. Petersburg is a city where history and art meet at every turn, and museums turn a walk into a real journey. Collections are collected here, telling about sea trips, engineering achievements, defense of the city, as well as about the works of artists and musical heritage. Visitors will find both large-scale palace expositions and chamber themed collections with unique artifacts and rare finds.
The city presents a variety of museums: at specialized educational institutions you can see mountain collections with minerals and mining equipment, memorial complexes store evidence of the siege time and thousands of names on mass graves, and museums of the history of law enforcement agencies demonstrate archival documents and the form of past centuries. Military-historical halls have collected rare examples of artillery and engineering models, palace estates surprise with ceremonial interiors and family relics, and central exhibition venues regularly show hundreds of works of contemporary art. Outside the city there are picturesque estates of artists and bohemian dachas, in the estates you can see autographs, sketches and personal belongings of masters. Among the unusual collections are a micro and miniature collection under a magnifying glass, a huge railway complex with steam locomotives and depots, marine and polar expositions, porcelain workshops and botanical archives with herbaria.
Museum life here is constantly boiling: annual events like the Night of Museums gather hundreds of events, central halls host imported exhibitions from leading collections of the country and abroad, and in the summer season there are film retrospectives and thematic projects dedicated to memorable dates. At different times there are major historical exhibitions, festivals, film screenings and reconstructions at the fortress walls; in spring and autumn there are especially many international exhibitions and programs for family visits. It is convenient to get acquainted with the schedule and dates of events on official resources and with local guides who monitor all updates and recommend the best temporary projects.
Come to St. Petersburg to make your ideal route through museums – from monumental halls to small themed workshops. Book guided tours with private guides: they know hidden stories, help you choose the best routes, avoid queues and make your trip deep and memorable. Plan your trip in advance, book tickets and tours, and the city’s museums will open to you in all their versatility.
