The Russian Museum is the world's largest collection of Russian art. Currently, the collection of the museum has more than 320 thousand exhibits, representing the national art from the XI century. to our days - collections of Russian and Soviet paintings, the richest in Russia collections of sculptures and graphics, works of decorative and folk art.
Address: Metro Nevsky Prospekt, Gostiny Dvor, Engineering Street. 4; tel .: +7 (812) 314-34-48, 219-16-08;
Working hours: 10: 00-17: 00; off
Website: rusmuseum.ru
Mikhailovsky Castle,
affiliate Address: Gostiny Dvor metro station, Nevsky Prospect ", Sadovaya Str. 2; tel .: +7 (812) 210-4173
Opening hours: open from 10:00 to 18:00, on Monday from 10:00 to 17:00; day off - Tuesday
Here is a permanent exposition of the ceremonial portrait - the first experience of creating a national portrait gallery. Portraits of Russian monarchs from Peter the Great to Nicholas II, outstanding commanders and statesmen of Russia are presented
Marble Palace, branch
Address: metro station "Nevsky Prospekt", "Gostiny Dvor", Millionnaya st. 5/1; tel .: +7 (812) 312-9196
Opening hours: open from 10:00 to 18:00, on Monday from 10:00 to 17:00; day off - Tuesday
Marble Palace is one of the few buildings in St. Petersburg where instead of widely used plaster coating used natural stone of different breeds, including marbles of the finest shades . Permanent exhibition "Foreign Artists in Russia", where the works of German , French, Italian, English masters of the XVIII-XIX in ., which influenced the development of Russian art; exhibition "Gallery of Peter Ludwig in the Russian Museum" - a collection of 33 works of artists XX in ., donated to the museum by a German collector .
Stroganov Palace, branch
Address: metro station "Nevsky Prospect", " yard ", Nevsky Prospect 17; tel .: +7 (812) 219-1608
Working hours: 10: 00-17: 00; day off - Tuesday
Now the museum is undergoing restoration work, after which the exposition of decorative and applied art of the 19th-20th centuries will be housed in the building. In the already renovated rooms, temporary exhibitions are held from the funds of the Russian Museum and an exhibition of wax figures of representatives of the house of the Romanovs.