Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The museum hosts paintings, sculptures and other artifacts mostly from 19. century. This is the place where you can see the traditional Russian art and paintings. Pity to see that Russian art reached its peak in the 19th century and halted as soon as the Soviet revolution took place. At least they preserved their finest collections and present in this museum.

Beautiful museum. Went today and it was wonderful to be free of crowds. The building and setting are lovely. Staff speak English, which is helpful when you get lost and can't find the cloakroom. Highly recommend

Museum filled with impressive and versatile arts. You start with super cool classics like Semiradsky, Vasnetsov, Shishkin and Aivazovsky, continue through statues and portraits, go through some more modern and weird things, and end up with royal furniture and old Russian utensils. Sometimes some of the key items are out of there, so maybe need to check up beforehand (I visited the place twice and never saw the Ninth Wave painting, as it was in Japan and Spain along with other paintings). A lot of information can be obtained with your smartphone, the personnel is polite. This is definitely one of Saint Pete’s must sees.

The first museum I visited in Russia. Lot's of incredible masterpieces that will just amaze you. The tour guide was just a delight to listen to; his English was just impeccable. Made some new friends and that day was a good one I must say...💃

It was more crowded when we visited in late May last year. This year, in early May on a Monday (when Hermitage is closed), it was not as crowded as we anticipated. The audio guide in English was again very useful. It was cold outside so we wore our down jackets which had to be deposited in the cloak room. Although the art here is wonderful, my pet peeve is that after one finishes one's visit, which usually ends at the Benois wing, one has to re-trace our way back to the beginning (in Mikhailovskiy Palace) to return our audio guides and collect our jackets. Wished there was a better way that did not require back tracking!