Museum of History of St. Petersburg University

The collections of the Museum are authentic documents and photographs, instruments and textbooks, books, works of art and memorial items of outstanding scientists, awards and gifts to the University. The funds are divided according to thematic and functional features, their special part is represented by personal funds containing a variety of material about the life and activities of the largest scientists of the University: M. A. Balugyansky (early XIX century - a collection of the earliest authentic documents available in the museum), A. A. Inostrantsev, N. I. Kareev, V. A. Foka, A. N. Terenin, P. I. Lukirsky, S. E. Frish, Y. V. Linnik, B. G. Ananiev, A. Ukhtomsky and many others.

The collections of the museum contain documents and manuscripts (the foundations “History of the University”, “Faculties and Departments”, “Great Patriotic War”, “Revolutionary Movement”), a household collection (personal funds of professors and scientists of the University), film photophone negatek, rare printed publications, faleristics and numismatics, furniture and decorative and applied arts, devices and visual aids, natural science collection, gifts and awards of St. Petersburg University.