St. Isaac’s Cathedral

Tel.: (812) 315-9732
Fax.: (812)314-40-96

Info Telefon: (812) 314-21-68
http://eng.cathedral.ru/...

Every day, except Wednesday, from 11.00 to 19.00
ATTENTION: group visits only

The church museum owns more than 23,000 items.

"St. Isaac's Cathedral was originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later the gilded dome of St. Isaac's still dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Although the cathedral is considerably smaller than the newly rebuilt Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, it boasts much more impressive fades and interiors.

The cathedral's facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli. A large, brightly colored stained glass window of the "Resurrected Christ" takes pride of place inside the main altar. The church, designed to accommodate 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Today, church services are held here only on major ecclesiastical occasions.

Foreign visitors should buy entrance tickets just inside the right-hand door in the southern facade (not at the street-level ticket booth). We also recommend that you climb the 300 steps up to the cathedral's colonnade, and enjoy the magnificent views over the city." (St-Petersburg.com)


Picture: Wikipedia Commons.
 

State Museum of the City

The A. S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

Tel.: (812) 323-97-18
Fax.: (812) 315-4873

Info Telefon: (812) 315-4873, 571-00-60
http://www.rustelecom-museum.ru/...

10.30-18 h

"The Central Museum of Communications has got the name of A.S.Popov in 1945. It was founded in 1872. The first "Telegraph museum" was opened in 1877 in St.-Peterburg. The funds contain more than 8 million artifacts and consist of documental and technical material and apparatuses on the history of Russian post, telegraph, telephon, radio, TV and space communications, including the State collection of philately. Since 1924 the Museum is located in the palace of XVIII century constructed by J.Quarengi for the Prince A.Bezborodko. During more then 100 years the palace was occupied by the Russian General Department of Post and Telegraph. In 1974 the Museum was closed because of dangerous conditions of the building. Accordind to the President of RF the Museum should be renovated and opened in 2003, celebration of 300 years Anniversary of St-Peterburg.
One of the oldest museum of science and technology in the world. Located in the historical centre of St-Petersburg. The building, it now occupies, an architectural monument of the 18th century (architect G. Quarenghi) was originally a palace of Prince A.A. Bezborodko, the Chancellor of the Russian Empire. The Museum's unique collections dedicated to the history of the development of telecommunications in Russia. The first electromagnetic telegraf devaces by P.L. Schilling, B.S. Jacobi, telefones, the A.S. Popov first radiotelegraph receiver, apparatuses and appliances of the early mechanical and electronic television, various objects of postal heritage are among the items of special interest on display. The Museum also keeps a unique assemblage of philatelic materials, the Russian National Collection of Philately. " (Russian Museums)

 

The Exhibition center of Artist's Union

Tel.: (812) 314-3060
Fax.: (812) 314-6432

Info Telefon: (812) 314-4734

In 2008, the webpage of this institution contained the virus "EXPLOIT".

"The Exhibition center of Artist's Union is situated in the building constructed in 1770. It originally belonged to I. P Elagin. State Sekretary of Cateherine II, director of the theatres and historian. Since that time the building was rebuilt several times and owned by different people. Elgin's house was visited by theatrical and literary men. Famous "count Kaliostro" once stayed there and "German Comedy House" staged several plays. M.Lermontov attended one of the ball traditionally helps in the house by the governor, in 1834. On July 1, 1877 the building was occupied by the Emperor's society called "Encouragement of Artists". The main goal of the society was the assistance in the development of Russian art. Among its scholarship holders were Karl Briullov, Alexander Ivanov, Taras Shevchenko, Piotr Klodt and others. Since 1877 the building housed the school of graphic artists. There were exhibitions of the Society of Traveling Exhibitions and later exhibitions organized by "Mir Iskusstv" (World of Art). Since late 1930s the building belongs to Leningrad Branch of the Union of Soviet Artists. It housed studios of artists and sculptors. In other words the history of the building is closely connected with the activity of famous artists of Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad – Petersburg.“ (RussianbMuseums)

 

The Frunze Naval Staff College

Tel.: (812) 323-9402
Fax.: (812) 323-7437

Info Telefon: (812) 323-9460, 323-9432

ATTENTION: visits only by prior appointment

"The Frunze Naval Staff College is the oldest Russian Navyies educational institution. It succeded the Navigation School was founded in 1701 in Moscow. The College has a wonderful museum wich was founded in 1828 Admiral Krusenstern. The museum possesses unique exhibits assembled in the 18th and 19th century. The items show the development of the Russian fleet flags, photographs etc. " (RussianMuseums, corrected)

 

The MANEGE Central Exhibition Hall

Tel.: (812) 312-2243
Fax.: (812) 314-8254

Info Telefon: (812) 314-8253
http://www.manege.spb.ru/...

"The MANEGE Central Exhibition Hall possesses a comprehensive collection of Contemporary art works, and hosts over 2000 art pieces. This is the result of the hall's fifteen-year activities. The collection was started in 1991 and has been since formed as the fund of the future St. Petersburg Museum of Contemporary Arts.
From the very beginning the collection has been formed being oriented not only towards latest trends, but also towards 20th century artists. The collection rather comprehensively reflects the history of fine arts development in St. Petersburg, beginning from 1920s and to the present time." (RussianMuseums)

 

The Museum of History of Peterburg Conservatory

Tel.: (812) 312-2129
Fax.: (812) 311-6389

The Museum of History of Peterburg Conservatory was opened on March 18, 1969 on the occasion of N.A. Rimski-Korsakov`s 125-th annyversary. The museum is situated in the lounge of the Grand Hall named after Anton Rubinstein. It occupies a room the area of which is 57,96 square metres. The Museum belongs to the category of higher educational enterprise museums. The staff of the Museum constantly condact excursions and give consultations. Materials available at the Museum are widely used by students and workers of the Conservatory for developing investigation in different branches of musical culture. The Museum helps to hold conference and meetings on the occasion of memorial dates and events in the history of the Conservatory.

The Museum possesses works of painting, drawing and sculpture, pieces of furniture and musical instruments. The are also books, photographs, posters, concert programmes and invitations in it. The Museum keeps manuscripts, albums, press-cuttings, adresses (congratulations) and autographs of those people who were related to the Conservatory. The collections of the Museum is enriched wiht gifts.

The exposition contains two sections. The first one is dedicated to the history of the Conservatory (it is fragmentary because of lacking enough space). The second permament exposition renders Alexander Glazunov`s office room and is named "Glazunov`s Coner".
The Museum takes part in different exhibitions delicated to outstanding musicians that graduated from Petersburg Conservatory and to the teaching staff. Temporary exhibitions are usually organized in coopereting wiht the library and help in the loung of Alexander Glazunov Smaller Hall. Besides people related to the Conservatory, Students from other musical educational enterprises, correspondents for radio - and TV - broadcasting corporations as well as foreign musicians and colleagues visit the museum.
 

The State Hermitage Museum

Tel.: (812) 710-90-79

Info Telefon: (812) 571-34-65
Besucher-Email: visitorservices@hermitage.ru
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org...

The museum is open daily, except Mondays, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Ticket office open 10.30 am - 5 pm

The museum closes at 5.00 pm on holidays and preceding days.

"The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The collection occupies more than 350 halls in 5 different buildings including the Winter Palace, the former residence of the Russian tsars. The buildings of the Museum alone are by themselves valuable architectural monuments.
The museum collection has over 3 million exhibits from prehistoric to modern times. Especially important are the collections of prehistoric exhibits, Egyptian art, Roman and Greek art, Scythian gold and Western European paintings and sculptures." (RussianMuseums)

 

The State Museum of the History of Religion

Tel.: (812) 312-3586
Fax.: (812) 312-3586

Info Telefon: (812) 571-0495
http://www.relig-museum.ru/...

„The cathedral was named after the "miracle-making" icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which the church housed till the early 1930s. The Bolsheviks closed the cathedral for services in 1929, and from 1932 it housed the collections of the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, which displayed numerous pieces of religious art and served anti-religious propaganda purposes. A couple of years ago regular services were resumed in the cathedral, though it still shares the premises with the museum, from whose name the word "atheism" has now been omitted.“ (http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/kazan-cathedral.asp)
The collection contains over 180,000 items on Russian Orthodoxy, Western Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and other religions. The library contains of 183,000 books. But the Museum is not only a museum of religious art. It is the prominent institute of world significance engaged in purposeful collecting items of religious cult and art of different epochs and people, making vast research work. The collection of Western European painting on religious themes is the second after the State Hermitage.“ (RussianMusums, corrected)

Picture: Wikipedia Commons
 

Winter Palace of Peter the Great

Info Telefon: (812) 710-97-63
Besucher-Email: visitorservices@hermitage.ru
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org...

The museum is open daily, except Mondays, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The museum closes at 5.00 pm on holidays and preceding days.