List of museums in Saint Petersburg

This is a list of museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Biographical museums

Writers

Anna Akhmatova museums

Alexander Pushkin museums

  • National Pushkin Museum[1] - of Alexander Pushkin, with branches:
    • Derzhavin Museum - of Gavrila Derzhavin
    • Nekrasov Apartment Museum - of Nikolay Nekrasov, with Ivan Panaev memorial study
  • The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Museum [2]

Other writers

  • Derzhavin Museum - of Gavrila Derzhavin
  • Dostoevsky Museum
  • Joseph Brodsky - two locations: branch of Anna Akhmatova (Fountain House) Museum and Brodsky's apartment in St. Petersburg [3]
  • Mikhail Zoshchenko's apartment
  • Nabokov House

Literary characters

  • Ostap Bender[4]

Artists

  • Arkhip Kuindzhi - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum
  • Ilya Repin (The Penates House) - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum
  • Isaak Brodsky - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum

Scientists/scholars

Musicians

Classical

Rock

  • John Lennon Love, Peace and Music Temple - at 10, Pushkinskaya street squat
  • Kamchatka - of Viktor Tsoi[6]

Actors

  • The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum - a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

Politicians, statesmen's and military leaders'

Pre-1917

Soviet politicians

Lenin museums
  • Raznochinniy Petersburg (The St. Petersburg of Raznochintsy) [11]
  • The State Historical and Memorial Museum of Smolny - in the building occupied since the 1920s by the city government; previously of the former Smolny Institute next to Smolny Convent.[12][13] In early 21st century it shows 1) the history of the pre-1917 institute (the first state educational facility for young ladies), 2) the history of 1917 October Revolution and the time the building was occupied until the spring of 1918 by the first Soviet Government led by Vladimir Lenin which later moved to Moscow, including Lenin's apartment/study, 3) later Soviet period. The museum has branches, partly left after the closing in early 1990s of the city's branched subsidiary of National Lenin Museum:
    • the Yelizarov family memorial apartment near ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street) in Petrogradsky district (one of Lenin's sisters Anna née Uliyanova was married to Mark Yelizarov, and Lenin was their guest);
    • the Alliluyev family memorial apartment in 10th Sovietskaya ulitsa. (The family of Nadezhda Alliluyeva and her parents was frequented by Joseph Stalin after his Siberian exile).
Kirov museum

Post-1988 public figures

Fine arts museums and galleries

Local history museums

Science and natural history museums

Science museums

Natural history museums

Transport museums

Automobiles and motorcycles

  • Horsepower Museum of vintage automobiles and motorcycles [29]

Aviation museums

  • Civil Aviation Museum of Civil Aviation Academy [30]

Rail museums

Maritime museums

Theatre, music and circus museums

  • Alexandrinsky Theatre Endowment (Fund) Museum of Russian Drama (group visits only) [36]
  • "... and Muses never stopped" ("А музы не молчали") - a school museum dedicated to art and music in the besieged city during the World War II.[37]
  • Circus Art Museum - at the working first Saint Petersburg circus Ciniselli Circus
  • Gramophone and Samovar Museums - of clown Vladimir (private) [38][39]
  • St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music,[5] with its branches:

War and military museums

Museum parks and gardens

Museums for children

  • The Children's Center of Historical Education "Bolotnaya Street 13" - a branch of The State Museum of Political History [43]
  • Children's City Anichkov Palace Krestovskiy Island Bio-Eco Labs [44]
  • LabirintUm - a popular science museum for kids [45][46]
  • Leningrad Zoo[47]
  • Saint Petersburg Dolls Museum[48]
  • Saint Petersburg Toy Museum
  • Umnikum - a popular science museum for kids [27]
  • The Universe of Water[28]

Philosophical museums

Religious museums and museum places of worship

Christian

Russian Orthodox

Buddhist

Former museums

  • Kazan Cathedral – now not a museum, but formerly housing Museum of Religion and Atheism

Food and drinks industry museums

  • Beer Brewing Museum at Baltica Brewery [54][55]
  • Beer Brewing Museum at Stepan Razin Brewery - now a member of the Heineken group [56]
  • Bread Museum [57]
  • Russian Vodka Museum [58]

Private museums

Suburban museums (royal country residences of palaces and parks)

See also

References

  1. ^ National Pushkin Museum Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum Museum
  3. ^ Joseph Brodsky museum - to open in 2015
  4. ^ Ostap Bender
  5. ^ a b St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music
  6. ^ Kamchatka Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today
  7. ^ "The State Museum of the Political History of Russia". Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  8. ^ Admiral Stepan Makarov's Memorial Study - Russian homepage Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Admiral Stepan Makarov's Memorial Study - info in Russian
  10. ^ Winter Palace of Peter the Great Archived 2012-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Raznochinniy Petersburg
  12. ^ The State Historical and Memorial Museum of Smolny
  13. ^ The State Historical and Memorial Museum of Smolny
  14. ^ Sergei Kirov Memorial Apartment Museum
  15. ^ www.russianmuseums.info Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Anatoly Sobchak Museum of the Foundation of Democracy in Modern Russia
  17. ^ Russian Museum - Stroganov Palace Archived 2013-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "The Museum of St. Petersburg Art | МИСП".
  19. ^ Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum - Russian info
  20. ^ Hermitage Museum - General Staff Building's East Wing Archived 2012-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ Hermitage Museum - Menshikov Palace[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ Hermitage Museum - Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ Hermitage Museum - Winter Palace of Peter the Great Archived 2012-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Peter and Paul Fortress
  25. ^ The Museum of Hygiene at the St. Petersburg City Center of Preventive Medicine
  26. ^ Count Shuvalov Palace - Russian homepage
  27. ^ a b Umnikum Archived 2013-02-09 at archive.today
  28. ^ a b The Universe of Water Archived 2012-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ a b "Horsepower Museum". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  30. ^ Civil Aviation Museum of Civil Aviation Academy - Russian homepage
  31. ^ Central Museum of Railway Transport - russianmuseums.info
  32. ^ Central Museum of Railway Transport - railroad.ru Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ Krasin (1917 icebreaker) - Russian website
  34. ^ Museum of Submarine Armaments - Russian homepage Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ Museum of Submarine Armaments - info in Russian
  36. ^ "Alexandrinsky Theatre Endowment (Fund) Museum of Russian Drama". Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  37. ^ "... and Muses never stopped" - Russian homepage
  38. ^ a b Deryabkin
  39. ^ a b Gramophone and Samovar Museums - Russian info
  40. ^ First World War I museum in Russia opens near St. Petersburg. Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines
  41. ^ a b Peterhof Palace
  42. ^ a b www.russianmuseums.info
  43. ^ The Children’s Center of Historical Education "Bolotnaya Street 13" Archived 2013-04-17 at archive.today
  44. ^ Children's City Anichkov Palace Krestovskiy Island Bio-Eco Labs
  45. ^ LabirintUm- Facebook
  46. ^ LabirintUm- homepage
  47. ^ Leningrad Zoo
  48. ^ Saint Petersburg Dolls Museum
  49. ^ Nicholas Roerich
  50. ^ Sigmund Freud Museum of Dreams
  51. ^ a b The State Museum of the History of Religion
  52. ^ The State Museum of the History of Religion - Facebook
  53. ^ Saint Isaac's Cathedral
  54. ^ Beer Brewing Museum at Baltica Brewery - homepage in Russian
  55. ^ Beer Brewing Museum at Baltica Brewery - photos
  56. ^ Beer Brewing Museum at Stepan Razin Brewery - homepage in Russian Archived 2012-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  57. ^ Bread Museum - homepage in Russian
  58. ^ Russian Vodka Museum
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