Experts' Choice Award State Russian Museum
What the experts agree on
Russia's premier collection of homegrown art housed in the stunning neoclassical Mikhailovsky Palace, featuring 6,000 religious icons and 20th-century masterpieces that beautifully complement the Hermitage's foreign treasures—essential despite pricey
“This museum should be on every visitor's itinerary, even those who know or care little about Russian art, despite its hefty admission fee.”
– Frommer's
Fodor's "In 1898 Nicholas II turned the stupendously majestic neoclassical Mikhailovsky Palace (Mikhailovsky Dvorets) into what has become one of the country's most important art galleries." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace, the Russian works here—which include 6,000 religious icons—makes an interesting complement to the Hermitage's foreign treasures." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Peter I's Cabin, a humble log structure, was built in a few days right after the first stone of the fortress was laid." Full review
Lonely Planet "The Russian Museum's exhibitions of 20th-century works are held in this building's1st floor which is connected by stairs to the main collection in the Mikhailovsky Palace." Full review
Rough Guide+7 812 595-42-48
4 Inzhenernaya ulitsa / Mickhailovsky Palace, Metro: Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia
