Russian museum is the right place to visit if you are interested in Russian art: while the Hermitage specializes mainly in European art, this museum has about 400000 items that trace the development of Russian art from icons to avant-garde of 20th century. A tour of the Russian museum will get you acquainted with masterpieces by such artists as Karl Briullov, Ilya Repin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ivan Skishkin, Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich. While you can find works by European old masters easily almost everywhere around the globe, the collections of the Russian museum are truly unique for art lovers!
Russian museum tour description:
Tour duration: about 2 hours (time spent in the museum itself).
Availability: daily except Tuesday
Meeting point: your hotel. You and the guide walk or take public transport to the Russian museum (transportation is not included into tour price)
Payment: cash in rubles after the tour. Please choose notes without stamps, pen marks, torn pieces, etc.
Requirements: Russian visa. If you are on a cruise, please visit “shore excursions in St Petersburg” page
Prices on this page are valid from September 19 2016.
| № of people in a group | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 |
| Price per group, rub /(USD) | 4 500 rub (80 USD) | 5 100 rub (90 USD) | 5700 rub (100 USD) | upon agreement |
The Russian Museum, opened in 1898, was the first state museum in our country dedicated to Russian fine art. Its main building occupies the elegant Michailovsky palace situated on the Arts Square. During the tour you will also visit Benois wing, a part of the museum that houses a collection of XX century Russian art.