Museum
Russian Museum
- Mon
- 10:00–20:00
- Tue
- Closed
- Wed
- 10:00–20:00
- Thu
- 10:00–20:00
- Fri
- 10:00–20:00
- Sat
- 10:00–20:00
- Sun
- 10:00–20:00
- Hours
- Admission is by time slots; the number of tickets for each slot is limited.
- Price
- Adult admission starts at ₽700; reduced tickets start at ₽350.
- How to visit
- Advance purchase on the official website is recommended. Coats, backpacks, food and drinks are not allowed; flash photography, selfie sticks and tripods are prohibited.
- Hours
- Ticket required
- Hours
- Book ahead
- Hours
- About 90 min
Why it is worth the detour
The world's largest depository of Russian fine art.
The State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg is the world's largest repository of Russian fine art. It is a major cultural institution attracting millions of visitors annually.
The people behind this address
Documented connections, not celebrity trivia.
Alexander III of Russia
Founded the Russian Museum in 1895 (opened 1898) and donated his art collection as its core.
Ilya Repin
Studied and later taught at the Imperial Academy in Petersburg; signature works including Sadko and Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks are held in the Russian Museum (Mikhaylovsky Palace).
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich's works are displayed in the Russian Museum.
Nicholas Roerich
Major early canvases (e.g. Heavenly Battle) are in the Russian Museum; Petersburg period painter and Mir iskusstva figure.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
250 m
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
The church marks the precise area where Alexander II was mortally wounded by a People’s Will bomb on March 13, 1881, or March 1 under the Russian calendar then in use. Its glittering mosaics therefore enclose the memory of a chaotic assassination that ended a reforming reign and hardened the politics of his successors.
450 m
Chizhik-Pyzhik Monument
A small bronze statue of Chizhik-Pyzhik on the embankment near the First Engineer Bridge.
650 m
Kazan Cathedral
The Kazan Cathedral is best known for being a major Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan.
700 m
Summer Garden
A historic public garden featuring classical sculptures and a monument to Ivan Krylov.
Walk it with the stories
This address is one stop among many. Our routes and quests link them into a walk that makes sense on the ground.