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List of museums in Saint Petersburg. This is a list of museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Biographical museums. Writers. Anna Akhmatova museums. Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum (Fountain House) Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Age (in Avtovo) Alexander Pushkin museums. National Pushkin Museum [1] - of Alexander Pushkin, with branches:
Essential information on the twenty most popular and celebrated museums in and near St. Petersburg. Full list of museums in the centre of St. Petersburg, with essential information including opening hours, accessibility, contact details and links to further information.
- State Russian Museum. A bust of Tsar Peter I guards the State Russian Museum. Photograph by Jeff Heimsath. To immerse yourself in the art of this country, head to the sprawling State Russian Museum, home of the world’s largest collection of Russian works: more than 400,000 pieces spanning the 10th-21st centuries.
- Hermitage Museum. The unquestionable crown jewel of Russia’s museums—not just St. Petersburg’s—is the Hermitage, a vast complex that ranks as the second largest museum in the world.
- Erarta Museum. A newcomer to St. Petersburg’s museum scene is the clever Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in a neoclassical Stalinist building once home to the Synthetic Rubber Research Institute of the Soviet Union.
- Fabergé Museum. In 1885, Tsar Alexander III asked St. Petersburg jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé to design an Easter surprise for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna.
Extensive index and listings of historic St. Petersburg Russia museums including exhibits and schedules of attractions for sightseeing.
34 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Central District, Saint Petersburg, Russia: Collection size: 3 million: Visitors: 2,812,913 visitors (2022) Director: Mikhail Piotrovsky: Public transit access: Admiralteyskaya station: Website: hermitagemuseum.org
1. The State Hermitage Museum. The Winter Palace is just one of the Hermitage's complex of buildings. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images. This is the number one St Petersburg museum in...
The State Russian Museum ( Russian: Государственный Русский музей ), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III ( Russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III ), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art.
