The cultural heritage of Russia is famous for its wealth around the world. Tourists from dozens of different countries come to take a look at our museums and architectural monuments. And many of them are users of the famous travel portal TripAdvisor. According to the reviews on this site, a list was compiled 10 best museums in Russia.
Thousands of tourists, Russian and foreign, cast their votes for each of the world-famous museums that were included in the top ten.
10. The Armory, Moscow
This museum is part of the complex of the Grand Kremlin Palace. Here you can see the ancient state regalia, a collection of gold and silver products of Russian masters, ceremonial royal and church clothes, weapons of the Russian and European armies of the XIV-XIX centuries.
9. Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky Lane, Moscow
This is the main building of the legendary Tretyakov Gallery. The Tretyakov family acquired this building in 1851. Today, hundreds of Muscovites and guests of the capital come here, not only to look at the famous canvases, but also to pray in the church of St. Nicholas in front of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir.
8. Diamond Fund, Moscow
The collection of the Diamond Fund began to be formed in the XVIII century on the initiative of Peter I. Until 1914, jewelry of many generations of Russian autocrats was stored in the Diamond Cabinet of the St. Petersburg Winter Palace. But during World War I, the treasury was evacuated to the Kremlin, and in 1967 the first Diamond Fund exhibition opened in Moscow.
7. Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, Moscow
For a long time this building became the focus of the exhibition life of the capital, while the reconstruction of the complex in Lavrushinsky Lane was underway. Today on Krymsky Val opened an exposition of art objects of the XX century. Here, workshops, lectures, conferences and creative evenings are not uncommon.
6. Pushkina, Moscow
The museum’s collection is one of the largest collections of works of Russian and foreign art in the world. The museum was founded in 1898, and today its funds have more than 670,000 items. More than 1 million people visit the Pushkin Museum annually.
5. Museum-reserve "Kolomenskoye", Moscow
The first written mention of Kolomna dates back to 1336. Today, this historical-architectural and natural-landscape museum is visited by hundreds of thousands of people annually. On the territory of Kolomenskoye in the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, one of the most revered among Orthodox icons is stored - the Virgin "Sovereign".
4. Pushkina, St. Petersburg
The memorial museum is located on the embankment of the Moika River in house number 12. The museum exposition tells about the last months of the poet's life. It was in this house that Alexander Sergeevich mortally wounded in a duel died in 1837. Most of the things in the museum's collection belonged to the poet himself, his family and friends.
3. Erarta Museum of Modern Art, St. Petersburg
This private museum of modern art is located in the Northern capital on Vasilievsky Island. The museum is very young - it received its first visitors in 2010. The collection contains not only paintings, but also sculpture, graphics, installations and even video art sketches.
2. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Founded in 1895, the Russian Museum became the country's first state museum of fine art. The museum’s collection has over 400 thousand exhibits dating from the 10th to the 21st centuries. The Russian Museum presents all types, genres and trends of Russian art
1. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
The collection of one of the largest museums in the world has about 3 million exhibits. Here you can enjoy painting, graphics, sculpture, applied art, study household items of various nations, numismatic exhibits and archaeological finds. If you spend at least a few minutes near each exposition, it will take about 5 years to bypass the entire museum.
