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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.

Exterior of the State Hermitage Museum

State Hermitage Museum

The largest art museum in the world by gallery space.

Admission
500 RUB standard admission
Founded
1764
State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg

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 in Saint Petersburg

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 in Saint Petersburg

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) in 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.

Admission
400 RUB standard admission
Founded
1714

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