Russia Saint Petersburg State Russian Museum

Saint Petersburg is the greatest and the most beautiful city in Russia. There are many famous and amazing sights, but among them it is impossible not to highlight one worthy of special attention – it is the State Russian Museum. 

This museum should be visited because:

1. there is a wonderful collection of the best works of Russian painters, sculptors and craftsmen;
2. the atmosphere of the Museum evokes a sense of calm and peace of mind;
3. no need to stand in huge queues for a ticket.

History of Russian Museum

Russian Museum in St. Petersburg is the largest collection of Russian art in the world. By decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Mikhailovsky Palace was seized as a building for the Russian state museumin 1895. The official opening of the Museum was in 1898. There the main expositions of the Museum were located.

Nowadays the Russian Museum is a large Museum complex. Then Museum included three more palaces that have a significant historical and cultural past. The StateRussian Museum has four buildings: Stroganov Palace, Marble Palace, Mikhailovsky Palace and Mikhailovsky castle. All these palaces are located in different parts of St. Petersburg, but all united by one name “Russian Museum”.

Exposition

In the Russian museum of art in St. Petersburg you can see magnificent paintings by K. Bryullov, A. Ivanov, I. Aivazovsky. The Museum’s collection includes about 407,000 exhibits and covers all historical periods and trends in the development of Russian art, the main types and genres, trends and schools for more than 1,000 years. The exhibits include paintings, sculptures, icons, watercolors, prints and drawings.

Be sure to take at the ticket office or from the museum worker a free layout of the exhibits

How to get to the Museum

To avoid confusion, let’s call the main building of the Russian Museum – Mikhailovsky Palace. It is located in the Central part of St. Petersburg, at Inzhenernaya street, 4. It is here situated main halls and expositions of the State Russian Museum. This is the place that all guests of the St. Petersburg want to visit for the first time being in the Northern capital of Russia.

It’s very easy to walk to the Palace from Nevsky Prospekt metro station (2^nd/ blue line). When you will leave the metro, follow Mikhailovskaya Street in the direction of the monument to Alexander Pushkin, which is located on the Iskusstv Square(Square of Arts). Just behind the monument you will see the Main building of the Russian Museum — Mikhailovsky Palace.