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Best Museums in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is home to 5 world-class museums. From ancient collections to contemporary art, here is your complete guide with opening hours, prices, and directions.
State Hermitage Museum
The largest art museum in the world by gallery space.
- Admission
- 500 RUB standard admission
- Founded
- 1764
State Russian Museum
The world's largest collection of Russian fine art, in the imperial Mikhailovsky Palace.
- Admission
- 500 RUB standard admission
- Founded
- 1895
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art
The largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia, on Saint Petersburg's Vasilyevsky Island.
- Admission
- 1,000 RUB standard admission
- Founded
- 2010
Fabergé Museum
The world's largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé, in the restored Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka.
- Admission
- 500 RUB standard admission
- Founded
- 2013
Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)
Russia's first museum, founded by Peter the Great as his personal cabinet of curiosities.
- Admission
- 400 RUB standard admission
- Founded
- 1714