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Arctic and Antarctic Museum

Arctic and Antarctic Museum
The small building on the corner of Marata and Kuznechny streets is a gleaming and quirky palace-converted-museum. It is filled to the brim with maps of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, ship models, photos, stuffed models of animals and artifacts. Read_on (No Comments)

Artillery Museum

Artillery Museum
If weapons are your thing, then you'll enjoy having a look around this stockpile of old Russian and foreign military vehicles, Read_on (No Comments)

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications
No human society can function without the exchange of information. Named after the Russian scientist and inventor Aleksander Stepanovich Popov, the Museum aims to inform about the history of innovations and inventions in the field of technology. Read_on (No Comments)

Bread Museum

Bread Museum
Devoted to bread, the mainstay of Russian life, this museum presents the origins of bread baking from ancient Egypt to the cultivation of bread throughout Russian history. Read_on (No Comments)

Central Naval Museum

Central Naval Museum
Located in the former stock-exchange building, this museum shows the history of the Russian and Soviet Navy, from the time of Peter the Great until the present. Read_on (No Comments)

Cruiser Avrora

Cruiser Avrora
The battle ship, anchored off the banks of Petrograd Side, has become somewhat of a Soviet shrine. This is because blank shots fired from the Aurora are said to have been the trigger for the revolution of 1917. Read_on (No Comments)

Doll Museum

Doll Museum
Situated a brisk walk or marshrutka ride from Vasileostrovskaya metro, this small museum has the feel of a community place. Privately operated, there are several displays showing dolls from throughout Russia as well as different puppets. Read_on (No Comments)

Dolphinarium

Dolphinarium
The dolphins do tricks for the crowd and sometimes take brushes in their mouths and paint pictures for the audience to buy. Read_on (1 Comment)

Freud's Dream Museum

Freud's Dream Museum
A small place but by no means less interesting, the museum is located in the Psychoanalytic Institute on the Petrograd Side. Follow along the corridor to the left to find the museum. Read_on (No Comments)

Hermitage

Hermitage
The director of the Hermitage once said, “I can't say that the Hermitage is the number one museum in the world, but it's certainly not the second. Read_on (No Comments)

Horrors of St. Petersburg: Territory of ghosts

Horrors of St. Petersburg: Territory of ghosts
Rasputin, Raskolnikov, the Queen of Spades and even Gogol’s Nose makes an appearance at the Uzhasi (horrors) of St. Petersburg theme tour. Read_on (No Comments)

House of Peter the Great

House of Peter the Great
When Peter the Great arrived to supervise the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress and his new city, he needed a place to stay. Read_on (No Comments)

Icebreaker Krassin

Icebreaker Krassin
The Krassin (built in 1916) was the world’s first icebreaker and although it’s now simply a museum, back in the day Read_on (1 Comment)

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)

Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)
St. Petersburg's oldest museum is also its strangest. Kunstkamera (which translates as art house) was founded by Peter the Great in 1714. Read_on (No Comments)

Leningradsky Zoo

Leningradsky Zoo
Right opposite the Peter and Paul Fortress is Russia's first zoo, opened in 1865. It's not a big place but there is a fair range of animals including the cutest polar bears ever, two giraffes and a range of impossibly energetic monkeys. Read_on (No Comments)

Manezh

Manezh
The white columns in front and the broad pediment stretching across them conceals the immense space contained within. The venue for international exhibitions, photography shows and art gallery forums has two levels and a cafe. Read_on (No Comments)

Marble Palace

Marble Palace
During Soviet times, this museum of foreign art was called the Lenin Museum. It has a decent collection, which includes works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and even Picasso. Read_on (No Comments)

Menshikov Palace (MP)

Menshikov Palace (MP)
Peter the Great built this palace for the first Governor-General of St. Petersburg Alexander Menshikov. It's now a branch of the Hermitage, and the beautifully decorated rooms display early 18th century art, as well as some of Peter's work-tools. Read_on (No Comments)

Metro Museum

Metro Museum
Small but well designed, the Metropolitan Museum traces the development of St. Petersburg’s metro system and also contains exhibits about the metro systems in London, New York and other provinces in Russia. Read_on (No Comments)

Mikhailovsky Castle

Mikhailovsky Castle
The palace, with its canals and secret underground passageway, was built to protect Tsar Paul I, who was petrified of being murdered. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum Apartment of Isaac Brodsky

Museum Apartment of Isaac Brodsky
If you find the Hermitage too overwhelming, head to this little museum in the former home and studio of painter Isaac Brodsky, where you can see his paintings and those of his contemporaries. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Hygiene

Museum of Hygiene
Come and see one of Pavlov's dog - stuffed admittedly - at this museum which showcases all things medical, strange and repulsive. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Music in the Sheremetev Palace

Museum of Music in the Sheremetev Palace
The wealthy Sheremetyev family lived in this palace until the 1917 revolution. Also known as the Fountain house, because of the large quantity of them in the garden. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of Railway Technology

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Round the back of what used to be Warsaw Station - now the Warsaw Express shopping mall - is one of St Petersburg’s many lesser-known treasures. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of the History of Religion

Museum of the History of Religion
This exhibition used to be in the former Atheism Museum which was housed in Kazan cathedral. Exhibitions showing the beliefs, Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of the History of the Russian Political Police

Museum of the History of the Russian Political Police
If you fancy yourself as a James Bond or a Mata Hari, or better yet, a Kim Philby, take a trip to the Museum of the History of the Political Police in Russia. Read_on (2 Comments)

Museum of the Political History of Russia

Museum of the Political History of Russia
One part of this museum is housed in Kshesinskaya house, the former home of Matilda Kshesinsksya, a famous ballerina and the lover of Tsar Nicolas II before his marriage. Read_on (No Comments)

Museum of the St. Petersburg Avant-garde (Matushin house)

Museum of the St. Petersburg Avant-garde (Matushin house)
Avant-garde is a bit of an umbrella term for a host of various artistic movements active in the early twentieth century. This museum is primarily dedicated to the activities and impact of two protagonists, husband and wife, Mikhail Matyushin and Elena Guro. Read_on (1 Comment)

Necropolis (Urban Sculpture Museum)

Necropolis (Urban Sculpture Museum)
Don’t be fooled, the ’urban sculpture’ featured here is of the tombstone variety! Since the early 19th Century St Petersburg’s rich and famous were buried here in style. Read_on (No Comments)

Peter and Paul Fortress (State Museum of history of St. Petersburg)

Peter and Paul Fortress (State Museum of history of St. Petersburg)
The Fortress is the cradle of the city; St Petersburg’s first settlement. Now a tourist complex, it houses the famous Cathedral of the Saint Apostles Peter and Paul, along with numerous museums, galleries and spectacular river-side views. Read_on (No Comments)

Print Museum

Print Museum
With a two-room study and the same sized living room, this small museum, created in 1984, displays the living conditions of the building’s earliest inhabitants. Read_on (No Comments)

Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment-Museum

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St Petersburg's only museum dedicated to a composer is housed in the flat where Rimsky-Korsakov lived towards the end of his life and wrote 11 of his 15 operas. Read_on (No Comments)

Russian Etnographic Museum

Russian Etnographic Museum
Wanting to get deeper in touch with the lifestyle of Russia’s various native ethnic minorities? The Russian Ethnographic Museum is the place to be. Read_on (No Comments)

Russian Museum - Mikhailovsky Palace

Russian Museum - Mikhailovsky Palace
A dazzling journey from thirteenth century icons to the cream of Russian avant-garde, the Russian Museum is housed in various buildings and palaces. Read_on (No Comments)

Shalyapin Apartment-Museum

Shalyapin Apartment-Museum
This museum gives a beautifully rounded portrayal of Russia’s most famous opera singer. Three rooms of Fyodor Shalyapin’s Read_on (No Comments)

Stroganov Palace

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The Stroganovs were one of St. Petersburg's richest and most-powerful families during the 18th century. Their palace, which is now a branch of the Russian Museum, was designed by Rastrelli and was built between 1752 and 1754. Read_on (No Comments)

Submarine D-2 Narodovolets

Submarine D-2 Narodovolets
Put into service in 1931, the Narodovolets is one of the first submarines to be built by the Soviet Union and as you will see Read_on (No Comments)

Suvorov Memorial Museum

Suvorov Memorial Museum
Although this museum takes the name of Suvorov, the great war general of Empress Catherine the Great, it actually covers much more than the military accomplishments of one man. Read_on (No Comments)

Toy Museum

Toy Museum
This enchanting little museum contains several rooms of various antique and modern toys. There are dolls from 16th century and teddy bears, miniature tea sets, figurines, Russian dolls and dolls’ houses. Read_on (No Comments)

Vodka Museum

Vodka Museum
This small museum presents the long history of Russia’s national drink, from 12th Century peasants through to 20th Century presidents. Read_on (No Comments)

Yusupov Palace

Yusupov Palace
This palace was purchased by the wealthy Yusupov family in 1830 to house their art collection and retains an aristocratic atmosphere. Read_on (No Comments)

Zoological museum

Zoological museum
This museum has a collection of 30,000 exhibits of fauna from every continent and climactic zone all stuffed and displayed in scenes depicting their natural habitat. Read_on (No Comments)