MUSEUMS

Academy of Arts Museum (The Scientific-Research Museum of the Academy of Arts) 17 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 323-6496, 323-3578 M. Vasileostrovskaya. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House. 34 Fontanka River, entrance from 53 Liteiny Pr. M. Gostiny Dvor, Mayakovskaya. Tel. 272-2211. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and the last Wednesday of every month. www.akhmatova.spb.ru  
Gatchina-Württemberg. Cultural Bridges: Anatoly Basyrov & Elly Rikker (Germany). Painting, graphics, objects. July 3 through October 3
NEW! Sepia Memories/Another Life: Alyona Pakhomova & Maria Rozhdestvenskaya. Photo. August 31 through September 12
NEW! A Glass of Lead: Boris Kudryakov. Photo, painting, graphics, objects, collage. September 2 through September 19

Alexander Blok Apartment Museum 57 Ul. Dekabristov, M. Sadovaya, Sennaya Pl. Tel. 713-8631. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesday.

Artillery Museum (Military Historical Museum of Artillery and Engineers) 7 Alexandrovsky Park, M. Gorkovskaya, tel. 232-0296, 238-0704, Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed last Thursday of each Month
NEW! Soldier Vasily Terkin. Everyday objects belonging to the Red Army soldier, and the story of Alexander Tvardovsky’s poem “Vasily Terkin.” Photo, objects. August 28 through December 31

Isaak Brodsky Apartment Museum (The I. I. Brodsky Memorial Museum-Apartment) 3 Pl. Iskusstv. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel 314-3658. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday

Central Naval Museum 4 Birzhevaya Pl., M. Nevsky Pr., Vasileostravskaya, Sportivnaya. Tel. 328-2502. Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed last Thursday of each month.

Derzhavin Museum 118 Nab. Reki Fontanki. M. Technologichesky Institut, Sennaya, Sadovaya. Tel. 713-0717, 570-6511
NEW! Sergei Glotov. Painting. September 3 through September 22

Dostoevsky Apartment Museum 5/2 Kuznechny Pereulok, M. Vladimirskaya. Tel. 571-4031. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and last Wednesday of each month.
Lonely Wayfarer: Valery Rabchinsky. Painting. August 12 through September 1

Kirov Apartment Museum 26/28 Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt. M. Gorkovskaya, Petrogradskaya. Tel. 346-0217. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Wednesday

Konstantinovsky State Palace of Congresses 3 Beryozovaya Alleya. Take bus from M. Avtovo. Tel. 438 5360. Daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Wednesdays.The permanent exhibition features Russian art of the 17th-20th centuries (the Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich collection).

Kunstkamera 3 Universitetskaya Nab. Tel. 328-1412. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and the last Thursday of each month. www.kunstkamera.ru
Between Turkestan and Tibet: Salars. Objects, video art, photo. Through September 5

Matyushin House Museum of the St. Petersburg Avant Garde 10 Professora Popova Ul. M. Petrogradskaya. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Wednesday.

Memorial Museum: “Raznochinny Petersburg” 7 Bolshoi Kazachy Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya, Sennaya, Sadovaya. Tel. 572-1932, 713-5220. Daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and last Thursday of the month

Military Medicine Museum 2 Lazaretny Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. Tel. 315-5358, 315-7287. Daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed at Weekend
NEW! We Are Strong Together. Objects, photo, archive documents. The work of military doctors from the U.S., U.S.S.R. and other Allied countries. September 3 through November 2
Museum of City Sculpture: New Exhibition Hall 179/2a Nevsky Prospekt. Entrance through Chernoretskogo Pereulok. Tel. 274-2635, 274- 2579, 274-3860. Daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thursday, Friday.

Museum Monument of the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Ploshad Pobedy. M. Moskovskaya. Tel. 371-2951, 373-6563. Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed last Tuesday of each month.

Museum of the History of Photography 23 Professora Popova Ul. Tel. 346-1950. Daily 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Closed Sunday, Monday.

Museum of the History of St. Petersburg Peter & Paul Fortress. M. Gorkovskaya. Tel. 230 0329. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Wednesday. www.spbkrepost.ru
NEW! Metromania. Photo. Alexander Kitayev, Oleg Fedulov, Alexander Malkin, Igor Lebedev, Alexander Petrosyan and others. August 25 through September 15
Permanent Collection The St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, housing the graves of most of the Romanov dynasty; History of the Mint; Museum of Old Petersburg; and more. Exhibits are housed in various locations in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The History of the Trubetsky Bastion Prison 1872-1921The Peter and Paul Fortress was Imperial St. Petersburg’s main jail and this exhibition tells the story of the famous revolutionaries and opponents of the Tsar who were imprisoned there.
The Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Great Princely Necropolis of the House of Romanov The story of the last resting place of the Romanov Dynasty from Peter the Great to Nicholas II, who was finally reinterred here in 1998.
The Coffee Cup 1710–2010 St. Petersburg. Sergei Bugayev (Africa), Konstantin Zvezdochotov, Georgi Litichevsky and others. Performance by Billy’s Band, competitions and the chance to try coffee prepared in various ways. Opens July 24

Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology 3 Peter and Paul Fortress, Ioannovsky Ravelin. Tel. 230 0332. M. Gorkovskaya. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Wednesday.

Museum of Dolls 8 Kamskaya Ulitsa, M. Vasileostrovskaya. Tel. 327-7224, 321-7869. Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday 10.00 – master-class in making dolls.
Random Rubbish. Toys, doll compositions and panels made of polyethylene, plastics, cardboard and other materials collected from the trash. May 21 through September 5

Museum of the History of Photography 23 Professora Popova Ul. Tel. 346-1950. Daily 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.. Closed Sunday, Monday.

Museum of the History of St. Petersburg 7/9 Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya. Entrance from Mendeleyevskaya Liniya. Tel. 328-9683

Museum of the History of St. Petersburg: Rumyantsev Mansion 44 Angliiskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Vasileostrovskaya, Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571-7544. Daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Wednesday and the last Tuesday of each month.
The 1944 Warsaw Uprising Through The Eyes of Photo Journalists. Yevgeniush Lokaisky, Joahim Joahimchik, Silvestr Brown, Yezhi Hoinatsky, Irena Kummant-Skotnitskaya. Photo. August 6 through September 30

Museum of Music in the Sheremetyev Palace 34 Nab. Reki Fontanki. Tel. 272-4441. Wednesday through Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed last Wednesday of each month, by prior appointment only.
Rudolf Nureyev: Threads of Time. Stage costumes, photographs, memoirs, archive documents, video. Through September 12

Museum of the Political History of Russia 2/4 Ul. Kuibysheva, M. Gorkovskaya. Tel. 233-7052. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thursday.
Each Step is Important for Russia. The history of the population census in Russia from 1897 to the present. Objects, photo. June 25 through October 31

Museum of the History of the Political Police. 6 Admiralteisky Prospekt. M. Gostiny Dvor, Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 312 2742. Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Saturday, Sunday.
Not by the Might of Arms Alone. Dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in World War II. Art works, documents, photo, propaganda material. Through September 25
Museum of the History of Religion 14/5 Pochtamtskaya. M. Nevsky Prospekt, Sennaya, Sadovaya. Tel. 571-0495, 314-5838. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Wednesday
The Sky of Zaonezhye. Icons from the monastery island of Kizhi. Videoart.August 12 through September 25

Museum Monument of the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Ploshad Pobedy. M. Moskovskaya. Tel. 371-2951, 373-6563. Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed last Tuesday of each month.

Museum of Printing 32 Naberezhnaya Reki Moiki. Tel. 571-0270. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Wednesday
NEW! The Age of the Typewriter. The evolution of typewritten technology in the 19th and 20th centuries: from the first mechanical devices to various electrical systems and portable machines. August 26 through November 1

Museum of Toys 32 Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki. Entrance from Vsevolod Vishnevsky Ul. M. Petrogradskaya, Chkalovskaya. Tel. 234-4312. Daily, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and last Tuesday of each Month.

Vladimir Nabokov Apartment Museum 47 Bolshaya Morskaya. Tel. 315-4713, 717-4502. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday. www.nabokovmuseum.org

Narva Triumphal Gates Museum-Memorial 1 Ploshad Stachek, M. Narvskaya, tel. 786-9782. Daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and last Friday of each month.

Nikolai Nekrasov Apartment Museum 36 Liteiny Prospekt. M. Chernyshevskaya. Tel. 272-0165. Daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesday and the last Friday of each month.

Popov Central Museum of Communication 3 Pochtamtsky Pereulok. Tel. 323-9718. Daily 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Sunday, Monday and the last Thursday of each month. www.rustelecom-museum.ru
The History of the Postal Service in Russia Permanent exposition.

Pushkin Apartment Museum 12 Nab. Reki Moika. Tel: 571 3801. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesday. www.peterlink.ru/spb/pushkin/
NEW! Russian Samovars. Andrei Lobanov’s private collection. Through November 29

Russian Ethnographic Museum. 4/1 Inzhenernaya Ul. M. Nevsky Prospect. Tel. 313-4421. Daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday and the last Friday of each month.

Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment Museum 28 Zagorodny Prospekt, Courtyard. M. Dostoyevskaya. Tel. 713-3208, 315-3975. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday and last Friday of each month.

Nikolai Roerich Apartment Museum 1 Line 18, V.O. Daily 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday. Tel. 325-4413. www.roerich.spb.ru
Masks of the Cham Mystery.Expedition accessories and Roerich family photos, ritual objects. July 3 through October 11
Leningrad Pages of “Amaravella.” Painting. July 16 through November 15

Russian National Library. New Building. 165/2 Moskovsky Prospekt. Tel. 718-8528. Daily 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed last Tuesday of each month

Samoilov Apartment Museum 8 Stremyannaya Ul. Tel. 764-1130. M. Mayakovskaya.

Sigmund Freud Museum of Dreams 18a Bolshoi Prospekt, Petrograd Side. M. Sportivnaya. Tel. 235-2929. Tuesday and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art 6 Ostrovskogo Pl. Tel. 315-5243. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Closed Tuesday.
State Russian Museum 2 Inzhenernaya Ul. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 314-3448, 595-4248. Monday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesday. www.rusmuseum.ru/eng
Permanent Collection The world’s finest and most extensive collection of works by Russian artists, from 12th-century icons to some of the latest movements in contemporary art exhibited in the Mikhailovsky Palace and in associated buildings listed below.
A Hymn to Labor. Soviet art from the collection of the Russian Museum. From August 5 to November 1 at the Benois Wing.
The Sky in Art. Painting, graphics. From August 12 to November 1 at the Benois Wing.
NEW! Smolyanki by Dmitry Levitsky. 18th-century paintings of the pupils of the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens.

State Russian Museum: Marble Palace 5/1 Millionnaya Ul. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 312-9196. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Tuesday. A branch of the State Russian Museum.
NEW! The Story of Love: Li Kvang-Kha (South Korea). Painting, graphics. September 1 through October 18
NEW! Divine Wind: Art group Tanatos Banionis. Video, 3D gravures, photo, objects. September 4 through September 30

State Russian Museum: Mikhailovsky (Engineers’) Castle 2 Sadovaya Ulitsa. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 313-4112. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Tuesday. A branch of the State Russian Museum.
From Russian Life of the 17th to 20th Centuries. August 26 – closing date to be announced.

State Russian Museum: Stroganov Palace 17 Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571-2360. Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Tuesday. A branch of the State Russian Museum.
NEW! Parisian Years: Lado Gudiashvili. 1920 – 1925. Painting, graphic. Through September 13

State Hermitage Museum 34 Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 571-3420, 571-3465. Daily, 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday. www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
Permanent Collection Three million items in six buildings along the Neva and around Palace Square. Unless otherwise stated temporary exhibitions are displayed in the Winter Palace, the museum’s main building.
Wind in the Pines. 5000 Years of Korean Art. Painting, graphics, objects, decorative art from the National Korean Museum. June 1 through September 5
Picasso. From the National Picasso Museum in Paris. Painting, graphics, sculpture, objects, ceramics, photo. June 19 through September 5
If You Like Tobacco So Much… European culture and the history of tobacco in the decorative arts. June 25 through October 10

State Hermitage Museum: Menshikov Palace 15 Universitetskaya Nab. M. Vasileostrovskaya. Tel. 323-1112. Daily, 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. A branch of the State Hermitage Museum.
Sèvres. Contemporary Porcelain. Vincent Barre, Louise Bourgeois, Françoise Petrovich, Adrian Saks and others (France). Through September 5

State Hermitage Museum: Youth Center of the State Hermitage 45 Naberezhnaya Reki Moiki. M. Nevsky Prospect. Tel. 710-9531. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Thursday 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 10.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A branch of the State Hermitage Museum.
Culture and Art From Central Asia. Antiquity and early Middle Ages. Objects. February 12 through October 31
State Hermitage Museum: General Staff Building Daily, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 10:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday.
Museum of The Guards A permanent addition to the Hermitage in the General Staff Building.

State Center of Photography 35 Bolshaya Morskaya. M. Nevsky Prospekt. Tel. 314-1214, 314-6184. Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.ncprf.org
NEW! The Wrecking Immersion: Zakhar Kolovsky. The recent history of Russia’s submarine fleet. Photo. August 20 through September 26
NEW! Colors of the Early French Photography. 1840-1880 years photos from the Clementine Fund collection (Paris). Charles Nègre, Henri Le Secq, Charles Marville, Édouard Baldus, Félix Nadar, Eugène Disdéri, Étienne Carjat, Pierre Petit and other famous photographers. September 9 through November 14

Alexander Suvorov Apartment Museum 43 Kirochnaya Ul., M. Chernyshevskaya. Tel. 279-3914. Daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Tuesday, Wednesday and first Monday of each Month.

Vladimir Nabokov Apartment Museum 47 Bolshaya Morskaya. Tel. 315-4713, 717-4502. Daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday. www.nabokovmuseum.org
From Fonarny Bath to the Red Lamps: Andrei Semenov. Painting. August 17 through September 5