Best Museums in Russia
Russia is home to 12 world-class museums across 4 cities, from ancient art and archaeology to modern and contemporary collections.
All Museums in Russia
Saint Petersburg
State Hermitage Museum
The largest art museum in the world by gallery space.
Founded 1764
Saint Petersburg
State Russian Museum
The world's largest collection of Russian fine art, in the imperial Mikhailovsky Palace.
Founded 1895
Saint Petersburg
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art
The largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia, on Saint Petersburg's Vasilyevsky Island.
Founded 2010
Saint Petersburg
Fabergé Museum
The world's largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé, in the restored Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka.
Founded 2013
Saint Petersburg
Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography)
Russia's first museum, founded by Peter the Great as his personal cabinet of curiosities.
Founded 1714
Moscow
State Tretyakov Gallery
The world's foremost collection of Russian art, founded by the Moscow merchant Pavel Tretyakov.
Founded 1856
Moscow
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow's principal museum of European art, with major Impressionist and Post-Impressionist holdings.
Founded 1912
Moscow
Kremlin Armoury
The Russian state's treasury inside the Moscow Kremlin, a dazzling display of imperial regalia.
Founded 1851
Moscow
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
Russia's first philanthropic institution dedicated to contemporary art and culture, in Gorky Park.
Founded 2008
Moscow
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Russia's leading photography and new-media museum, on Ostozhenka Street.
Founded 1996
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
Holder of the world's largest collection of Kasli iron-cast art, in the Urals.
Founded 1936
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Kazan
Kazan Kremlin Museums
A UNESCO-listed Tatar fortress complex with multiple museums of art, history, and Islamic culture.
Founded 1994