Saint Petersburg museums and mansions (One day)
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The State Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage is considered to be one of the most important museums of the world. Its numerous and valuable collection occupies 5 historic buildings including the Winter Palace. The collection that was started by Empress Catherine II in 1764 now numbers more than 3 million objects. Objects that date back to various periods from prehistoric times to nowadays are exhibited in 400 rooms. The true gems of the collection are the works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Tiziano, Rembrandt, P.P.Rubens, A.Van Dyck, El Greco etc. It would take 15 years to see the whole collection even if we would go to the museum every day for 8 hours and stay only for 1 minute at every object.
Duration — 4 h.
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The State Hermitage Museum + Visit To Treasure Gallery
The Hermitage is considered to be one of the most important museums of the world. The collection that was started by Empress Catherine II in 1764 now numbers more than 3 million objects and exhibited in 400 rooms. Hermitage Museum keeps many secrets; one of them is the Treasure Gallery. It consists of two separate exhibitions. The 1st exposition called «Gold Rooms» features about 1500 gold objects which show us the development of the jeweller’s art in ancient world. The main idea of the 2nd exposition, «Diamond Rooms», is to show the development of the jeweller’s art since the 3rd millennium AC till the XX century. This exposition possesses the well-known Fabergé works, diplomatic gifts etc.
Duration — 4 h.
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The State Hermitage Museum + Visit To General Staff Building
The Hermitage is considered to be one of the most important museums of the world. Its numerous and valuable collection occupies 5 historic buildings including the Winter Palace. The collection that was started by Empress Catherine II in 1764 now numbers more than 3 million objects. Objects that date back to various periods from prehistoric times to nowadays are exhibited in 400 rooms. The true gems of the collection are the works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Tiziano, Rembrandt, P.P.Rubens, A. Van Dyck, El Greco etc. Our excursion includes visit to General Staff Building to see the collection of works of the impressionists such as Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse, and others.
Duration — 5 h.
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Erarta Contemporary Art Museum
Today Erarta is the largest private museum of modern art in Russia. The mission of the museum is to collect, exhibit and popularize the most extraordinary works of art by the most talented contemporary artists. Apart from paintings the museum includes graphic arts, sculptures, installations, video art. Art lovers are invited to take a walk through the museum and see the most outstanding works of the collection.
Duration — 3 h.
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Russian Museum
The Museum of Russian Art is the largest collection of national culture. Its collections have more than 400 thousand exhibits that reflect the almost millenary history of the arts of Russia, from ancient times to the present day. The museum has one of the best collections of prints and drawings by Russian painters, as well as the most important sculptural collection in the country. The inexhaustible collections of the museum allow its millions of visitors to understand the magnificent world of the Fine Arts of Russia.
Duration — 3 h.
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Faberge Museum
The Faberge Museum was created for the preservation, study and promotion of Russia’s cultural heritage. It is private Museum belongs to nonprofit charitable organization The Link of Times established by the Russian entrepreneur Vekselberg. Museum houses the former Malcolm Forbes collection of works by Fabergé masters, including nine famous imperial Easter eggs that are of great value not only as the objects made with the highest jewelry skills, but also as unique historical artifacts. The museum collection also includes decorative and applied art created by Russian masters of the second half of the XIX and early XX centuries.
Duration — 3 h.
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Artillery Museum
On this excursion we invite you to the largest artillery museums in the world. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703, Russian Artillery Museum includes precious collections of various military weapons from over 54 countries around the world. The impressive museum collection occupies 13 rooms with a total area of over 17,000 square meters and 850,000 exhibits. Among the collections you will find uniforms, awards, models of weapons and fortresses, and a gigantic collection of books and documents about weapons and famous Russian battles. The museum also contains an impressive collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Duration — 3 h. Yusupov Palace
The mansion was constructed in the end of the XIX century for Prince Yusupov who was one of the richest men in Russia. The magnificent interiors are preserved in the palace that is considered to be a gem of Russian architecture. The palace theatre is a miniature copy of la Scala theatre. Yusupov palace is also interesting from the historical point of view as in 1906 a trusted advisor of the last Romanovs - Grigory Rasputin was assassinated in this palace. He was a victim of a plot organized by the last owner of the palace prince Felix Yusupov.
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Monastery (Laura) Of Alexander Nevsky
The ensemble of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery is located on the main avenue Nevsky Prospekt and is considered one of the largest architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 in honor of the victory over the Swedes in 1240 and was named in honor of Prince Alexander who led the Russian Army at the time. Most of the territory of the monastery belongs to the metropolitan garden and the conciliar seminars. There are 3 cemeteries on the territory. Many famous statesmen, writers and musicians were buried here, such as Suvorov, Lomonosov, Dostoyevsky, Tchaikovsky etc.
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