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Russian Museum

The great national collection of Russian art, in the Mikhailovsky Palace.

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Open
Closed Tuesdays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 to 3 hours
Address
Inzhenernaya Street 4, St. PetersburgDirections
Getting There
A short walk from Nevsky Prospekt metro station.

Why Go

Opened in 1898, the museum shows Russian art from icons to the avant-garde, with Repin's Barge Haulers on the Volga, Bryullov's The Last Day of Pompeii and works by Kandinsky and Malevich.

Nearby in St. Petersburg

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