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The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn (ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from the Berlin ...
The State Russian Museum (Russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly known as the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (Russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art. It ...
Museum of St. Petersburg Art, St. Petersburg, Russia [18] Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum [19] The State Hermitage Museum. General Staff Building 's East Wing (pre-1917 ministerial quarters) [20] Hermitage Theatre. Menshikov Palace [21] Military Gallery. Museum of Porcelain (Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory) [22] New Hermitage.
The museum's main staircase. The Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg (Russian: Музей Фаберже в Санкт-Петербурге) is a privately owned museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was established by Viktor Vekselberg and his Link of Times foundation in order to repatriate lost cultural valuables to Russia. [1] The museum is ...
The Kunstkamera (Russian: Кунсткамера) or Kunstkammer (German for "Culture Room" (literally) or "Art Chamber", typically used for a "cabinet of curiosities") is a public museum located on the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, facing the Winter Palace. Its collection was first opened to the public at the Summer Palace ...
Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р, romanized: Isaákiyevskiy Sobór) is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a ...
The museum's main exhibition is in the former Commandant's House [] of the Peter and Paul Fortress. The State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg (‹See Tfd› Russian: Государственный музей истории Санкт-Петербурга) is a museum of the history of the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Fountain House (Saint Petersburg) The Fountain House is a palace in Russia built by the Sheremetev family, named after the nearby Fontanka river. Since its erection in 1712 the building was reconstructed several times by famous architects G. Dmitryev, Savva Chevakinsky, Fyodor Argunov, and Ivan Starov. [1][2] It is also known as the Sheremetev ...