Sigmund Freud’s Dream Museum is open for the centenary of Freud’s book Interpretation of Dreams. The project of creating such a dr …
For 50 years, at the Petrograd embankment of St. Petersburg, the ship’s silhouette has become familiar. The cruiser "Aurora", …
St. Petersburg Museum of Toys, the first private museum of the city, was established in 1997. The St. Petersburg Museum of Toys …
The Museum of Automotive Classics USA Museum “Museum Route 66” is a unique interactive project, the main characters of which were …
The Labor Glory Museum of the Joint Stock Company of the St. Petersburg Maritime Bureau of Mechanical Engineering Malachite (JSC S …
Anna Akhmatova Museum. Silver Age - 26 years. This is the first (and for a long time the only) museum in the country dedicated to …
The Museum of RSUPU named after A.I. Herzen is an independent structural unit. Established by Order of the Ministry of Education o …
The museum is a memorial. It is located in the premises of the Ioannovsky Ravelin of the Peter and Paul Fortress, where in 1932-19 …
The Literary Museum of the Pushkin House is the first and largest national general literary museum - one of the three pillars on w …
Natural science collections of St. Petersburg State University are presented at 5 sites: The Mineralogical Museum was founde …
The great history and names associated with the famous stage of the Mariinsky Theatre are reflected in the Theatre Museum, which h …
The D-2 Narodovolets memorial complex is a unique monument of the history of domestic shipbuilding of 1920-1930 and the heroic act …
Museum and exhibition center "Petersburg artist" was opened in October 2005. The main tasks of the IEC are to show the works of ar …
The museum in the apartment of Tenin’s older sister Anna Ilyinichna and her husband Mark Timofeevich Elizarov was opened in 1927. …
Stroganov Palace. 1753-1756, architect F.-B. Rastrelli. Belonged to the famous family of first barons, later Counts Stroganov - co …
Today, the Borey Gallery is an elder among non-profit exhibition and creative centers of St. Petersburg. Borei is the first of …
Sampsonian Cathedral is an architectural complex (cathedral - bell tower - chapel), differing from other religious buildings of th …
The Samoilov Memorial Museum-Apartment was opened in St. Petersburg on January 28, 1994. This museum is dedicated to the collectiv …
The Lomonosov Museum was established by the decision of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences on May 8, 1947 as a structur …
The museum was founded on August 18, 2003 on the initiative of a number of individuals and public organizations. The main differen …
The history of the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden began at that time, in 1714. Only then it was called much more modest - "Apothe …
Kirov Plant Museum is one of the largest industrial museums in Russia Funds have more than 12 thousand units of storage. The ex …
The house of Peter I is considered the first building in St. Petersburg and, at the same time, the first palace. In 2004, it becam …
The Museum-Institute of the Roerich family in St. Petersburg was created according to the project of St. Petersburg State Universi …
The monument to the heroic defenders of Leningrad was opened on May 9, 1975 to the 30th anniversary of the victory in the Great Pa …
The Suida History Museum was opened in 1986, but only existed until 1993. In 1999, the former Hannibal estate received the status …
The Central Naval Museum “Road of Life” is dedicated to the history of the siege of Leningrad and the events on Lake Ladoga during …
Erarta is an art project that includes the Museum of Modern Art, art galleries, workshop and art salon. The collection of painting …
This house for two centuries was closely connected with the life of the nanny A.S. Pushkin - Arina Rodionovna, her family and desc …
The Museum of the Department of Pathological Anatomy, which is one of the largest pathoanatomical museums in Europe, was founded i …
The Russian Ethnographic Museum is one of the largest ethnographic museums in Europe. Its repositories contain cultural monuments …
Leningrad Zoo is a unique home of wildlife for more than 500 species of mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates from different part …
The exposition of the museum is deployed in sixteen interior halls, where furniture, objects of decorative and applied art, painti …
The Summer Palace, a witness to the whole life of Peter I, has survived to this day without significant changes. This is one of th …
The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg is one of the largest historical museums in Russia. The museum holds more than 1.3 m …
The oldest private gallery of St. Petersburg "Guild of Masters", one of the most famous, authoritative and beloved by artists and …
Historical and artistic monument, founded by Peter I as the "Monastery of the life-giving Trinity and the Holy Blessed Grand Duke …
The exhibits of the museum present the history of shipbuilding in Russia according to the profile of the bureau since 1934. Contai …
The museum presents physical devices, wireless telegraph equipment, books, documents, correspondence, personal belongings of A.S. …
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.
