There are over 200 museums and their branches in St. Petersburg.
The list includes main public museums of St. Petersburg (except for narrow departmental museums on the history of enterprises, educational institutions, military units and public organizations).
It was in St. Petersburg that public museums were opened for the first time in Russia.
Since 1702, decrees of Emperor Peter I were issued on the collection and storage of models and various rarities. In 1714, the first state public museum, the Kunstkamera, was founded, which included the Kunskabinet (the first art museum in Russia) and the Munskabinet (the first numismatic museum).
TOP 40 most visited museums in St. Petersburg (in alphabetical order)
Central Museum of Railway Transport
Museum-Apartment of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Museum-estate of Gavriil Derzhavin
Museum of Modern Arts named after S. P. Diaghilev
Museum “St. Petersburg Artist”
Museum of Suvorov and the Tin Soldiers
Museum of the History of the Troops of the Western Military District
Patriot Military Historical Park in Kronstadt
Pushkin House and its Literary Museum
Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic in St. Petersburg
Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts
Retro Car Show – Muscle Car Show
Smolny State Historical and Memorial Museum
Soviet electronic play machines museum