Visiting St. Petersburg, city guests can visit dozens museums for free. To clarify this and possibly plan your excursion program in advance, please note:
The Hermitage
The first Thursday of the month — admission is free until 17:00.
Address: Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 34
Tel .: Information office +7 (812) 571-34-65, tour desk 571-84-46, 710-90-79
Website: http://www.ermitazh.net/
Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic
Free admission on Thursday
Address: Marata St., 24
Metro: Vladimirskaya, Dostoevskaya
Open: from 10:00 to 18:00, check-in until 17:30, Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00, check-out until 16:30, day off – Monday and Tuesday.
Tel: +7 (812) 571-25-49
Website: http://www.polarmuseum.ru
The icebreaker “Krasin”
Free admission every Wednesday of the month (except for organized groups)
Address: corner Naberezhnaya leytenanta Shmidta and 23rd line of Vasilievsky island
Metro: Vasileostrovskaya
Open: from 10:00 to 18:00, closed on Monday, Tuesday, last Wednesday of the month
Tel: +7 (812) 325-35-47
Website: http://www.krassin.ru
Central Naval Museum
Free on the last Wednesday of the month from 11:00 to 18:00
Address: Birzhevaya square, 4
Metro: Nevsky Prospect, Sportivnaya
Closed monday and tuesday
Tel: + (812) 328-25-01
Website: http://www.navalmuseum.ru/
Zoo museum
Free on the last Thursday of every month.
Address: Universitetskaya naberezhnaya, 1
Tel: +7 (812) 328-01-12
Website: http://www.zin.ru/index_r.htm
House-Museum of Alexander Pushkin
Every year on February 10 and June 6, admission is free from 10:30 to 18:00.
Address: naberezhnaya reki Moyki, 12
Metro: Nevsky Prospect, Gostiny Dvor
Open from 10:30 to 18:00, closed on Tuesdays and last Friday of the month.
Tel: +7 (812) 571-38-01
Website: http://www.museumpushkin.ru/eng/
Museum of Geological Research
Admission is free for single visitors.
Address: Vasil’yevskiy ostrov, Sredniy prospekt, 74
Tel: (812) 321-5399, 328-9248
Website: http://www.vsegei.ru/ru/structure/information/museum/
Puppet Museum
Last Monday of the month – admission is free from 10am to 6pm.
Address: Kamskaya ulitsa, 8
Phone: (812) 327-72-24
Website: http://www.museumdolls.ru
Peter-Pavel’s Fortress
Free admission on Thursday
Address: Zayachiy ostrov, Petropavlovskaya krepost’, 3
Metro: Gorkovskaya, Sportivnaya
Open from 10:00 to 19:00 (exhibition), entrance to the castle from 06:00 to 20:00, closed on Wednesdays.
Tel: +7 (812) 230-64-31
Archaeological and Historical Museum “Nienschanz”
Admission is free upon request
Address: Angliyskaya naberezhnaya, 6
Tel: (812) 324-05-18
Website: http://www.museum700.org
Museum of the History of Religions
Admission is free every first Monday of the month for single visitors
Address: Pochtamtskaya ulitsa, 14 (opposite the post office)
Open: from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed on Wednesdays
Tel: + (812) 315-30-80 executive office, 314-58-38 tour desk
Website: http://www.gmir.ru
Museum of Political History with Branch — Children’s History Museum
Free on dates February 23, May 9, May 18, June 12, the second Sunday of October (museum’s birthday), November 4
Address: Kuibyshev street, 2-4.
Tel: +7 (812) 313-61-63
Website: http://www.polithistory.ru
Russian Navy Submarine Museum in honor of Marinesco
Address: Kondrat’yevskiy prospekt, 83
Tel: +7 (812) 543-61-91
Free admission.
Website: http://www.russianmuseums.info/M1999
Railroad Museum of Saint Petersburg State University
Address: Moskovskiy prospekt, 9
entrance to excursions is free upon request
Website: http://www.museum.ru/M2544
Mining Museum
admission is free upon request
Address: >Vasil’yevskiy ostrov, 21 liniya, 2
Tel: +7 (812) 328-86-37.
Website: http://www.spmi.ru/museum
Brewery History Museum
Address: Stepana Razina St, 9 (brewery territory)
Open: Wednesday, Friday from 11:00 to 17:30.
admission is free upon request
Tel: +7 (812) 331-12-12
Museum of Musical and Theater Art
Students under the age of 18 can enter for free on the third Thursday of the month.
Address: ploshchad’ Ostrovskogo, 6
Metro: Nevsky Prospect, Gostiny Dvor
Open: from 11:00 to 18:00, on Wednesdays from 13:00 to 19:00, closed on Tuesdays and Fridays of the month.
Tel: +7 (812) 571-21-95
