Museums in Saint Petersburg

40 museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Most visited: Hermitage Museum.

Updated

40 museums with visitor guides on Mooseum

All museums in Saint Petersburg

Most visited first (annual visitors from Wikipedia), then the museums with audio tours and indoor maps on Mooseum.

  1. Hermitage Museum

    4,956,529 visitors a year

    Catherine the Great's private picture collection, begun in 1764, grew into the State Hermitage (Государственный Эрмитаж). It fills the Winter Palace, once the residence of the Russian emperors, and a...

    Website of Hermitage Museum

  2. Russian Museum

    2,260,231 visitors a year

    Welcome to the Russian Museum, a treasure trove of artistic heritage located in the heart of St. Petersburg. As one of the largest and oldest museums dedicated to Russian art, it boasts an impressive...

    Website of Russian Museum

  3. Fabergé museum in Saint Petersburg

    420,000 visitors a year

    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...

    Website of Fabergé museum in Saint Petersburg

  4. Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps

    The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers, and Signal Corps, located in the heart of St. Petersburg, Russia, is an exceptional institution that invites visitors to step into the rich and...

    Website of Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps

  1. Museum of history of religion
  2. Museum of Optical Technologies
  3. Museum of Political History of Russia
  4. Nabokov House
  5. Narva Triumphal Arch
  6. National Pushkin Museum
  7. Peter and Paul Fortress
  8. Pushkin House
  9. Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
  10. Russian Museum of Ethnography
  11. Russian Museum of Military Medicine
  12. Russian Railway Museum
  13. Saint Isaac's Cathedral
  14. Saint Petersburg Manege
  15. St. Petersburg University Museum of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology
  16. State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
  17. Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts
  18. Suvorov Museum
  19. The Central Soil Museum by V. V. Dokuchaev
  20. Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Map of museums in Saint Petersburg

Museums in Saint Petersburg: questions

How many museums are there in Saint Petersburg?
Mooseum lists 40 museums in Saint Petersburg.
What are the most visited museums in Saint Petersburg?
By annual visitors reported on Wikipedia: Hermitage Museum (4,956,529), Russian Museum (2,260,231) and Fabergé museum in Saint Petersburg (420,000).

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