List of museums in Saint Petersburg
Biographical museums
Writers'
Alexander Pushkin museums
- National Pushkin Museum (http://www.museumpushkin.ru/eng/) of Alexander Pushkin with branches:
- Derzhavin Museum of Gavrila Derzhavin
- Nekrasov Apartment Museum of Nikolay Nekrasov with Ivan Panaev memorial study
- The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Museum (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M143)
Anna Akhmatova museums
- Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum (Fountain House)
- Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Age (in Avtovo)
Other writers'
- Derzhavin Museum of Gavrila Derzhavin
- Nekrasov Apartment Museum of Nikolay Nekrasov with Ivan Panaev memorial study
- Dostoevsky Museum
- Nabokov House
- Mikhail Zoshchenko's apartment
- Joseph Brodsky (two locations: branch of Anna Akhmatova (Fountain House) Museum and Brodsky's apartment in St. Petersburg (to open in 2015) )
Literary characters'
Artists'
- Ilya Repin (The Penates House) (a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum)
- Arkhip Kuindzhi (a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum)
- Isaak Brodsky (a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum)
Scientists'/Scholars'
- Mikhail Lomonosov museum, a department of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in the building of Kunstkamera
- Ivan Pavlov's memorial apartment in Academician's Home (Rus. Dom Akademikov) at 1, Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment
- Lev Gumilev (branch of Anna Akhmatova (Fountain House) Museum)
Musicians'
Classical
- Feodor Chaliapin Apartment and Museum (a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum(a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
Rock
- Kamchatka (http://www.clubkamchatka.ru/about, of Viktor Tsoi)
- John Lennon Love, Peace and Music Temple at 10, Pushkinskaya street squat
Actors'
- The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum (a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
Politicians, statesmen's and military leaders'
- The State Museum of the Political History of Russia http://en.polithistory.ru/ with several branches
Pre-1917
- Cabin of Peter the Great
- Winter Palace of Peter the Great (http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_8.html)
- Suvorov Museum
- Stroganov Palace
- Yusupov Palace on the Moika (Moika Palace)
- Admiral Stepan Makarov's Memorial Study at Gidropribor production facility in Saint Petersburg (Russian homepage - http://www.gidropribor.ru/index.php?id=16, info in Rus. also at http://www.missiles.ru/foto_Gidropribor.htm)
- Plekhanov House
Soviet politicians'
Lenin Museums
- The State Historical and Memorial Museum of Smolny in the building occupied since the 1920s by the city government - previously of the former Smolny Institute next to Smolny Convent (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M109, http://www.allmuseums.spb.ru/mus_smolny/exposition.shtml). In early 21st century it shows 1) the history of the pre-1917 institute (the 1st state educational facility for young ladies), 2) the history of 1917 October Revolution and the time the building was occupied until the spring 0f 1918 by the first Soviet Government led by Vladimir Lenin which later moved to Moscow, including Lenin's apartment/study, 3) later Soviet period. The museum has branches, partly left after the closing in early 1990s of the city's branched subsidiary of National Lenin Museum:
- the Yelizarov family memorial apartment near ulitsa Lenina(Lenin Street) in Petrogradsky district (one of Lenin's sisters Anna née Uliyanova was married to Mark Yelizarov, and Lenin was their guest);
- the Alliluyev family memorial apartment in 10th Sovietskaya ulitsa. (The family of Nadezhda Alliluyeva and her parents was frequented by Joseph Stalin after his Siberian exile).
- Raznochinniy Petersburg (The St Petersburg of Raznochintsy) (http://www.museum.ru/M175)
Kirov Museum
- Sergei Kirov Memorial Apartment Museum
(http://kirovmuseum.ru/en/, http://www.russianmuseums.info/M141)
Post-1988 public figures'
- Anatoly Sobchak Museum of the Foundation of Democracy in Modern Russia (http://www.museum.ru/m3231)
Fine Arts museums and galleries
- The State Hermitage Museum
- General Staff Building's East Wing (pre-1917 ministerial quarters) (http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_11.html)
- Hermitage Theatre
- Menshikov Palace (http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_9.html)
- Museum of Porcelain (Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_13.html)
- New Hermitage
- Old Hermitage
- Storage Facility of the State Hermitage
- Winter Palace of Peter the Great (http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_8.html)
- Military Gallery
- Russian Museum
- Benois Wing
- Marble Palace
- Mikhailovsky Castle
- Mikhailovsky Palace
- Stroganov Palace (http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/home/)
- Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum. Rus. info http://www.nimrah.ru/
- Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts
Local history museums
- Peter and Paul Fortress - home of The State Museum of the History of St. Peterburg (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M112)
- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns (former territory of the city's commercial port with lighthouses, goods storage houses, stock exchange (the latter until 2012 housing the Central Naval Museum))
- Russian cruiser Aurora
- Narva Triumphal Gate
- Dostoevsky Museum
Science and natural history museums
Science museums
- Arctic and Antarctic Museum
- Kunstkamera (originally, Chamber of Curiosities; officially, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)
- Museum of Military Medicine
- Pulkovo Observatory (officially, The Main (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Museum of Optical Technologies
- The Universe of Water http://www.vodokanal-museum.ru/eng/
- Umnikum http://www.umnikum.com/main/, a popular science museum for kids
- The Museum of Hygiene at the StPetersburg City Center of Preventive Medicine (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M233) at Count Shuvalov Palace (http://www.gcmp.ru/ Rus. homepage)
Natural history museums
- Arctic and Antarctic Museum
- Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute
- Kunstkamera
- Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science
Transport museums
Automobiles and motorcycles
- Horsepower Museum of vintage automobiles and motorcycles http://amuseum.ru/
Aviation museums
- Civil Aviation Museum of Civil Aviation Academy. Russian homepage http://www.academiaga.ru/index.php?id=141&lang=0
Rail museums
- Central Museum of Railway Transport (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M171, http://railroad.ru/cmrt/)
- Oktyabrskaya Railway Museum at disused Varshavsky Rail Terminal
- Museum of Electrical Transport (Saint Petersburg) at otherwise nearly disused Vasileostrovsky tram depot
Maritime museums
- Central Naval Museum
- D-2 Narodovolets Submarine — Located at 10 Shkipersky Protok, Vasilyevsky Island. Launched 1994. (branch of Central Naval Museum)
- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns (former territory of the city's commercial port with lighthouses, goods storage houses, stock exchange (the latter until 2012 housing the Central Naval Museum))
- Russian battleship cruiser Aurora
- Krasin (1917 icebreaker). Russian website http://www.krassin.ru/
- Shtandart, a replica of an 18th-century yacht of tsar Peter the Great
- Aleksandr Marinesko Museum of Russian Submarine Forces at 83, Kondratiyeskiy prospekt.
- С-189 diesel submarine, a Whiskey class submarine - moored off Lieutenant Shmidt Embankment, Vasilyevsky Island.
- Museum of Submarine Armaments and Admiral Stepan Makarov's Memorial Study at Gidropribor production facility in Saint Petersburg (Russian homepage - http://www.gidropribor.ru/index.php?id=16, info in Rus. also at http://www.missiles.ru/foto_Gidropribor.htm)
War and military museums
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Saint Michael's Castle
- Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, now not a museum as such, but itself a monument to the victory in 1812 Napoleonic War, containing remains of the victorious Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov
- Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, as well as St Seraphim of Sarov's Memorial Cemetery and a number of other memorial cemeteries
- Russian cruiser Aurora
- Central Naval Museum
- D-2 Narodovolets Submarine — Located at 10 Shkipersky Protok, Vasilyevsky Island. Launched 1994. (branch of Central Naval Museum)
- General Staff Building (now belongs to Hermitage Museum)
- Museum of Military Medicine
- Military Gallery of the Winter Palace
- Narva Triumphal Gate
- Suvorov Museum
- С-189 diesel submarine, a Whiskey class submarine - moored off Lieutenant Shmidt Embankment, Vasilyevsky Island.
- Alexander Marinesko Museum of Russian Submarine Forces at 83, Kondratiyeskiy prospekt. (http://www.russianmuseums.info/M1999)
- Museum of Submarine Armaments and Admiral Stepan Makarov's Memorial Study at Gidropribor production facility in Saint Petersburg (Russian homepage - http://www.gidropribor.ru/index.php?id=16, info in Rus. also at http://www.missiles.ru/foto_Gidropribor.htm)
- "... and Muses never stopped", a school museum dedicated to art and music in the besieged city during the World War II. Rus. homepage http://mbmus.narod.ru/
- First World War I museum in Tsarskoe Selo. Located in the recently restored Martial Chamber, the museum features vehicles, military paraphernalia, documents, and even gas masks used for animals.[1]
Theatre, music and circus museums
- St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music) with its branches:
- Feodor Chaliapin Apartment and Museum (a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
- The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum (a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum(a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
- The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace (a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music)
- Alexandrinsky Theatre Endowment (Fund) Museum of Russian Drama (group visits only) http://www.alexandrinsky.ru/fond/museum/
- "... and Muses never stopped" (Rus. "А музы не молчали"), a school museum dedicated to art and music in the besieged city during the World War II. Rus. homepage http://mbmus.narod.ru/
- Circus Art Museum at the working first Saint Petersburg circus Ciniselli Circus
- Gramophone Museum (private) of clown Vladimir Deryabkin (Rus. info http://www.museum.ru/m2103 )
Museums for children
- Saint Petersburg Toy Museum
- Saint Petersburg Dolls Museum http://museumdolls.ru/?lang=eng
- The Universe of Water http://www.vodokanal-museum.ru/eng/
- The Children’s Center of Historical Education "Bolotnaya Street 13", a branch of The State Museum of Political History. http://en.polithistory.ru/children-s-center-historical-education-bolotnaya-street-13
- Umnikum http://www.umnikum.com/main/, a popular science museum for kids
- LabirintUm, a popular science museum for kids https://www.facebook.com/LabirintUm, http://www.labirint-um.ru/
- Children's City Anichkov Palace Krestovskiy Island Bio-Eco Labs http://eco-bio.spb.ru/
- Leningrad Zoo http://www.spbzoo.ru/
Museum parks and gardens
- Summer Garden
- Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
- Tsarskoye Selo in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
- Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg
- Peterhof Palace, many other museums and parks with fountains in Petergof (http://peterhofmuseum.ru/?lang=eng, http://www.russianmuseums.info/M115)
- Oranienbaum, now a branch of Peterhof museum
- Gatchina
Philosophical museums
- The State Museum of the History of Religion http://www.gmir.ru/eng/, https://www.facebook.com/TheStateMuseumOfTheHistoryOfReligion
- Sigmund Freud Museum of Dreams http://www.freud.ru/
- Nicholas Roerich - http://www.roerich.spb.ru/en
Religious museums and museum places of worship
- The State Museum of the History of Religion http://www.gmir.ru/eng/, https://www.facebook.com/TheStateMuseumOfTheHistoryOfReligion
Christian
Russian Orthodox
- Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, now not a museum as such, but formerly housing Museum of Religion and Atheism (presently occuping a different building The State Museum of the History of Religion http://www.gmir.ru/eng/), Designed by Andrey Voronikhin, the cathedral resembles Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica and is a monument to Russia's victory in Napoleonic Wars of 1812-14.
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral (http://eng.cathedral.ru/) designed by
Auguste de Montferrand. Museum and its other branches ("The Ring of Cathedrals"):
- Saint Sampson the Hospitable's Cathedral - a 1730ies monument to Russia's victory in a decisive Battle of Poltava in Great Northern War over Swedish Empire. The church grounds became the city's first interdenominational cemetery where many of St Petersburg's famous international architects were laid to rest, as well as the executed conspirators of Volynski Plot.
- Smolny Cathedral of Smolny Convent, sky-blue Antonio Rastrelli's Baroque masterwork.
- Church of the Savior on Blood, built to mark the place where the liberally reforming Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated on March 1, 1881 by People's Will terrorists.
- Nicholas Roerich Museum-Institute (http://www.roerich.spb.ru/en)
Buddhist
- Nicholas Roerich Museum-Institute (http://www.roerich.spb.ru/en)
Former museums
- Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, now not a museum, but formerly housing Museum of Religion and Atheism
Food and drinks industry museums
- Bread Museum http://www.colobki.ru/ Homepage in Russian
- Beer Brewing Museum at Stepan Razin Brewery (now a member of the Heineken group) (http://www.razin.ru/beermuseum.html Homepage in Russian)
- Beer Brewing Museum at Baltica Brewery (http://beer.baltika.ru/museum/ Homepage in Russian with photo items at http://beer.baltika.ru/museum/items/museums/spb/)
- Russian Vodka Museum http://www.vodkamuseum.su/index.php?lang=en
Private museums
- Horsepower Museum of vintage automobiles and motorcycles http://amuseum.ru/
- Gramophone and Samovar Museums (private) of clown Vladimir Deryabkin (Rus. info http://www.museum.ru/m2103)
- Umnikum http://www.umnikum.com/main/, a popular science museum for kids
- LabirintUm, a popular science museum for kids https://www.facebook.com/LabirintUm, http://www.labirint-um.ru/
Suburban museums (royal country residences of palaces and parks)
- Tsarskoye Selo in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
- Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg
- Peterhof Palace, many other museums and parks with fountains in Petergof (http://peterhofmuseum.ru/?lang=eng, http://www.russianmuseums.info/M115)
- Oranienbaum, now a branch of Peterhof museum
- Gatchina
See also
- List of buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg
- List of museums in Moscow
- List of museums in Russia
References
- ↑ First World War I museum in Russia opens near St. Petersburg Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.com/arts/2014/08/24/first_world_war_i_museum_in_russia_opens_near_st_petersburg_39229.html)
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