4 cities · 12 museums
The best museums in Russia are State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum and Fabergé Museum. World Museum Guide covers 12 museums in Russia across 4 cities, with admission prices, opening hours and highlights for each. Check each guide for current prices and free days.
Visitor information last reviewed 30 June 2026. Check the official museum site for current details.
| # | Museum | City | Admission | Time needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Russian Museum | Saint Petersburg | 700 RUB | 2–3 hours |
| 2 | State Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg | 1,200 RUB | 3–5 hours |
| 3 | Fabergé Museum | Saint Petersburg | 500 RUB | 1–1.5 hours |
| 4 | Kremlin Armoury | Moscow | 1,000 RUB | 1.5 hours |
| 5 | Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts | Moscow | 500 RUB | 3–4 hours |
| 6 | Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art | Saint Petersburg | 1,000 RUB | 2–3 hours |
| 7 | Garage Museum of Contemporary Art | Moscow | 500 RUB | 1.5–2 hours |
| 8 | Kazan Kremlin Museums | Kazan | Kremlin grounds free | 3–4 hours |
| 9 | Kunstkamera (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography) | Saint Petersburg | 400 RUB | 1.5–2 hours |
| 10 | Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow | Moscow | 500 RUB | 1.5–2 hours |
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
Founded by Emperor Nicholas II in 1895 as the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III, the State Russian Museum opened in 1898 in Carlo Rossi's Mikhailovsky Palace on Inzhenernaya Street.
700 RUB · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Tuesdays
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & first-timers
The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest art museum in the world by gallery space. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky.
1,200 RUB · ⏱ 3–5 hours · Closed Mondays
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
The Fabergé Museum opened in 2013 in the restored Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka River embankment in Saint Petersburg. Founded by the Link of Times Foundation of Viktor Vekselberg, it holds the world's largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé — including nine Imperial Easter eggs, more than any other museum.
500 RUB · ⏱ 1–1.5 hours
Moscow, Russia
Art Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & art lovers
The Kremlin Armoury Chamber traces its origins to the Kremlin's royal workshops of the 1500s, where master craftsmen produced arms, armour, and regalia for the Russian tsars. Konstantin Thon's purpose-built museum opened on the Kremlin grounds in 1851 and remains the repository of the Russian state's most sacred treasures.
1,000 RUB · ⏱ 1.5 hours · Closed Thursdays
Moscow, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
The Pushkin Museum opened in 1912 as a teaching collection of plaster casts attached to Moscow University. It became Russia's main museum of foreign art after the redistribution of private collections in 1924.
500 RUB · ⏱ 3–4 hours · Closed Mondays
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for contemporary art fans & art lovers
Erarta opened in 2010 on Vasilyevsky Island in Saint Petersburg as Russia's largest private museum of contemporary art. Founded by businessman Dmitry Khankin and gallerist Marina Varvarina, it set out to document and champion Russian art from the late Soviet period to the present day.
1,000 RUB · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Tuesdays
Moscow, Russia
Art Museum · Best for contemporary art & art lovers
Founded in 2008, Garage moved in 2015 into the renovated Vremena Goda restaurant pavilion in Gorky Park. The transformation was led by Rem Koolhaas's office OMA, preserving the original Soviet mosaic.
500 RUB · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours
Kazan, Russia
Art Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & architecture enthusiasts
The Kazan Kremlin combines tenth-century Tatar foundations with the citadel built by Ivan the Terrible after 1552. It became a museum reserve in 1994 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Kremlin grounds free · ⏱ 3–4 hours
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for history enthusiasts & art lovers
Founded by Peter the Great in 1714 and opened to the public in 1727, the Kunstkamera is the oldest museum in Russia. Its baroque blue-and-white tower is a Saint Petersburg landmark.
400 RUB · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours · Closed Mondays
Moscow, Russia
Art Museum · Best for photography enthusiasts & contemporary art fans
The Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) occupies a converted chocolate factory on Ostozhenka street in central Moscow, one of the city's most prestigious addresses. Founded as the Moscow House of Photography in 1996, it rebranded to reflect its expanded mission in photography, video, and new media.
500 RUB · ⏱ 1.5–2 hours · Closed Mondays
Moscow, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
Pavel Tretyakov began collecting Russian art in 1856 with the dream of a national gallery; he donated the entire collection to the city of Moscow in 1892.
700 RUB · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Mondays
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Art Museum · Best for art lovers & history enthusiasts
Founded in 1936, the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts split from the Sverdlovsk Local History collection and now occupies two riverfront buildings on the Iset embankment.
300 RUB · ⏱ 2–3 hours · Closed Mondays
The best museums in Russia are State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, Fabergé Museum, Kremlin Armoury and Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, ranked by visitor numbers and collection strength.
World Museum Guide covers 12 museums in Russia across 4 cities.
Most charge admission, but State Hermitage Museum and Kazan Kremlin Museums offer free or reduced entry on certain days or for certain visitors. See each guide for the rules.
