Fabergé museum in Saint Petersburg

Nine Imperial Easter eggs made by the House of Fabergé for the last two Russian tsars form the centrepiece of this private museum, the largest such group anywhere. They include the Hen Egg, the first ever made for the imperial family, and the Coronation Egg with its miniature replica of the imperial carriage. Most were bought in 2004 from the Forbes collection in New York and brought back to Russia by Viktor Vekselberg's Link of Times foundation.

The museum opened in 2013 in the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka embankment, whose restored halls are part of the experience. Signs give its Russian name, Музей Фаберже. Beyond the eggs, the galleries hold a wide range of Fabergé's work and that of his contemporaries, including enamelled silver, jewellery, cigarette cases, clocks, icons and small hardstone carvings.

With more than 400,000 visitors a year, it is one of Saint Petersburg's most popular smaller museums. It suits anyone interested in decorative arts, goldsmithing or the material world of imperial Russia.