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List of museums in Saint Petersburg

This is a list of museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Biographical museums

Writers

Anna Akhmatova museums

Alexander Pushkin museums

Other writers

Literary characters

Artists

  • Arkhip Kuindzhi - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum
  • Ilya Repin (The Penates House) - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum
  • Isaak Brodsky - a branch of Russian Academy of Arts Research Museum

Scientists/scholars

Musicians

Classical

Rock

  • John Lennon Love, Peace and Music Temple - at 10, Pushkinskaya street squat
  • Kamchatka - of Viktor Tsoi

Actors

  • The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum - a branch of the St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

Politicians, statesmen's and military leaders'

Pre-1917

Soviet politicians

Lenin museums
  • Raznochinniy Petersburg (The St. Petersburg of Raznochintsy)
  • The State Historical and Memorial Museum of Smolny - in the building occupied since the 1920s by the city government; previously of the former Smolny Institute next to Smolny Convent. In early 21st century it shows 1) the history of the pre-1917 institute (the first state educational facility for young ladies), 2) the history of 1917 October Revolution and the time the building was occupied until the spring of 1918 by the first Soviet Government led by Vladimir Lenin which later moved to Moscow, including Lenin's apartment/study, 3) later Soviet period. The museum has branches, partly left after the closing in early 1990s of the city's branched subsidiary of National Lenin Museum:
  • the Yelizarov family memorial apartment near ulitsa Lenina (Lenin Street) in Petrogradsky district (one of Lenin's sisters Anna née Uliyanova was married to Mark Yelizarov, and Lenin was their guest);
  • the Alliluyev family memorial apartment in 10th Sovietskaya ulitsa. (The family of Nadezhda Alliluyeva and her parents was frequented by Joseph Stalin after his Siberian exile).
Kirov museum

Post-1988 public figures

Fine arts museums and galleries

Local history museums

Science and natural history museums

Transport museums

Automobiles and motorcycles

  • Horsepower Museum of vintage automobiles and motorcycles

Aviation museums

  • Civil Aviation Museum of Civil Aviation Academy

Rail museums

Maritime museums

Theatre, music and circus museums

  • Alexandrinsky Theatre Endowment (Fund) Museum of Russian Drama (group visits only)
  • "... and Muses never stopped" ("А музы не молчали") - a school museum dedicated to art and music in the besieged city during the World War II.
  • Circus Art Museum - at the working first Saint Petersburg circus Ciniselli Circus
  • Gramophone and Samovar Museums - of clown Vladimir (private)
  • St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, with its branches:
  • Feodor Chaliapin Apartment and Museum
  • The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace
  • Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
  • The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum

War and military museums

Museum parks and gardens

Museums for children

Philosophical museums

Religious museums and museum places of worship

Christian

Russian Orthodox

Buddhist

Former museums

  • Kazan Cathedral – now not a museum, but formerly housing Museum of Religion and Atheism

Food and drinks industry museums

  • Beer Brewing Museum at Baltica Brewery
  • Beer Brewing Museum at Stepan Razin Brewery - now a member of the Heineken group
  • Bread Museum
  • Russian Vodka Museum

Private museums

Suburban museums (royal country residences of palaces and parks)

See also

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