Menshikov Palace Department of the State Hermitage

The palace of the first governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, a companion of Peter the Great, is a landmark monument of the Peter’s era. During the visit you will be able to get acquainted with the interior decoration of the first quarter of the XVIII century and works of fine and decorative and applied art. The main attraction of the palace is the interior exposition, created on the basis of authentic things from the collections of the Hermitage in the rooms that have preserved the decoration of the XVIII century.

Visitors will be able to see the restored interiors of the palace - the lobby and the grand staircase, a nut cabinet, a reception room, a bedroom, a dining room. Very beautiful rooms decorated with blue and white Dutch tiles. The exposition includes household items and works of art of the late XVII - the first third of the XVIII century, as well as few surviving memorial items belonging to Emperor Peter I and his closest associate, the owner.

You can visit the palace only as part of excursion groups for sessions.