The Paleontological and Stratigraphic Museum was founded in 1868 by the first professor of geology of the University A.A. Inostran …
The Alliluyev Museum-Apartment tells about the life of a family that was involved in the revolutionary events of 1917. In July …
In St. Petersburg, in the oldest scientific institution in Russia - the Institute of Metrology named after D.I. Mendeleev, there i …
The Museum of the History of St. Petersburg Brick was founded in SPbSU in 1991. The opening of the museum was preceded by a 30-yea …
In this house A.I. Kuindzhi lived from 1897 until his death in 1910. The memorial workshop of this famous Russian landscape artist …
In the gallery of paintings "Art City" there are art works reflecting the trends and main directions of modern painting.
The exposition "Kronstadt Fortress" is organized in the building of the former Sea Cathedral, which was erected in memory of the g …
The former estate of the counts of Sheremetev is a unique historical and cultural monument and a rare example of building of the e …
The Museum of History of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) was established for the …
Not far from the embankment of the Smolenka River and the chapel of Ksenia Blessed – the patroness of St. Petersburg is located on …
The State Museum of Political History of Russia was founded in 1919 as the first historical and revolutionary museum in the countr …
A unique and unique museum of Russia. Its creator is a former circus artist, clown and trainer Vladimir Deryabkin. “If you had all …
It is the first state museum of Russian fine arts in the country. The decision to establish it was made by Alexander III. Later, i …
The exposition and exhibition complex “Universe of Water” works as part of the State Unitary Enterprise “Vodokanal of St. Petersbu …
The Gallery of the Academy of Arts was founded in 1992. The priority activity of the gallery is close cooperation with the Repin A …
The exposition on the first floor of the museum "House on Novo-Alexandrovskaya", which is dedicated to the history of the resident …
The Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum-Apartment is currently the only composer's museum in St. Petersburg. The museum is located in …
The Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum opened in 1989, on the centenary of Anna Akhmatova’s birth, and was the first muse …
In the museum, created in the house where the last apartment of the writer was located, you can visit the memorial apartment, the …
The Lomonosov Palace and Park Ensemble (Oranienbaum) is the most valuable unique monument of Russian culture and art of the 18th c …
It was established in 1980 as a public museum at the Department of History of the CPSU of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and L …
The museum was founded in 1932 and was located in the Kazan Cathedral. On June 8, 2001, the exhibition opened at a new address. It …
The collections of the Museum are authentic documents and photographs, instruments and textbooks, books, works of art and memorial …
The St. Petersburg Museum “Grand Model Russia” is a large-scale project, authored by S. Morozov and represents miniature models of …
Museum, organization of events, individual visits, family visits, excursions for schoolchildren, thematic events, a whole series o …
The museum is located in the house of the royal chamberlain Y. Kitaev, built in 1827 by the architect A.M. Gornostaev under the le …
The oldest Pushkin Museum of Russia. It traces its history from the first museum of the poet, opened in the Imperial Alexander Lyc …
The St. Petersburg Theatre Museum is more than a hundred years old. There is a huge collection of sketches, costumes, layouts, pho …
Collected the exposition of the museum collector and part-time General Director of the telephone company Vitaly Ezopov. At the mom …
Among the exhibits are “Magistral”, “Sea Battle”, “Cities”, “Autoral-m”, “Sniper”, “Basketball”, “Football”, “Safari”, “Air combat …
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.
