How to visit the museums of St. Petersburg for free

Are you eager to get acquainted with the history of St. Petersburg and the collection of treasures of its museums? It is not necessary to lay out a big sum for this. Read our selection of free museums in St. Petersburg.

In St. Petersburg, museums are almost at every step. The first public museums in Russia were opened in the Northern capital, and now there are over 200 museums and their branches in the city on the Neva.

You can save a decent amount by visiting some of St. Petersburg's museums for free. There are certain days and hours when museums hospitably open their doors to all visitors. This is a great opportunity to save a lot!

Free museums in St. Petersburg

• Museum-monument of St. Sampson Cathedral
• Civil Aviation Academy Museum
• Petersburg Metro Museum
• Museum of the History of Photography
• Museum-apartment of V.V. Nabokov
• Museum of Geology and Mineralogy. I. Belkova
• Art Center "Pushkinskaya, 10"
• Gallery "Mokhovaya-18"
• Museum of Railways of St. Petersburg State University (on request)
• Geological Prospecting Museum (for single visitors)
• Historical and Archaeological Museum "Nyenskans" (visit by appointment), 324-05-18.

Days of free admission to museums in St. Petersburg

• You can admire the invaluable beauty of the Hermitage on the first Thursday of the month from 10:30 to 17:00.
• The A.S. Pushkin Memorial Museum-Apartment accepts all visitors free of charge on February 10, May 18 and June 6 from 10.30 to 18.00.
• The Museum of the History of Religion does not charge admission on the first Monday of the month from 11:00 to 18:00
• The Zoological Museum awaits visitors on the third Thursday of every month from 11:00 to 18:00.
• Icebreaker-museum "Krasin": the first Wednesday of the month.
• Central Museum of Soil Science. Dokuchaev is free on Tuesdays from 10.00 to 17.00.
• The Mining Museum of St. Petersburg State Mining University is open for free on Saturdays.
• On the third Thursday of each month, you can visit the Kunstkamera free of charge (does not apply for the period from 01.05 to 31.08 of the current year).
• Free admission to the Museum of Political History and its affiliate Children's History Museum: February 23, May 9, May 18, June 12, November 4, the second Sunday in October - the museum's birthday celebration.
• The Museum of the History of Brewing is open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 am to 5 pm by prior arrangement. Registration for excursions by phone: +7 (812) 331-12-12. A passport is required.
• The Pushkin Lyceum Museum accepts visitors free of charge on May 18, June 6 and October 19.
• A. Pushkin's dacha museum is open to all on May 18 and June 6.
• The Museum-Estate of G.R.Derzhavin can be visited free of charge on May 18 and July 3.
• On May 18 the museum-apartment of N.A.Nekrasov is open for visits.
• Museum of the St. Petersburg Avant-garde (House of M. Matyushin) - on Fridays (from May 23 to August 31) admission is free.

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Free admission to museums in St. Petersburg for children under 18

• Peter and Paul Fortress - the third Thursday of the month.
• Russian Ethnographic Museum - first Thursday of the month.
• The G. Derzhavin Museum is open every third Sunday of the month (in March - the second Sunday) from 10.30 to 18.00.
• Free admission to the Russian Museum - on the 18th of every month.
• Museum of Theater and Musical Art, Sheremetyevsky Palace, House-Museum of Chaliapin, Memorial Museum-Apartment of the Samoilov Family of Actors, Museum-Apartment of Rimsky-Korsakov - free admission on the third Thursday of every month.
• A. Suvorov Museum - the third Thursday of the month.
• The Puppet Museum is open on the last Monday of the month from 10:00 to 18:00 free of charge (for preschoolers, schoolchildren, students and retirees).