{"id":3797,"date":"2019-07-27T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T23:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2019-11-21T22:01:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:01:29","slug":"unusual-st-petersburg-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/unusual-st-petersburg-museums","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Museums in St Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the ABC attractions in St Petersburg? Surely, it\u2019s Hermitage, Russian Museum and some Cathedrals and Palaces. If you want to explore some other letters of the city\u2019s alphabet, there are more than 300 Unusual Museums in St Petersburg for you.<\/p>\n<p>With more culture activities and sophisticated art galleries than Conde Nast could handle, rest assured your travel experience will be unique and one-of-a-kind.<\/p>\n<h2>Step into a unique off the beaten path of St Petersburg for a culture taste.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3808\" style=\"width: 633px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3808\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3808\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grand-Maket-Russia.jpg\" alt=\"Russian museum\" width=\"623\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grand-Maket-Russia.jpg 623w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grand-Maket-Russia-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grand-Maket-Russia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grand-Maket-Russia-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand Model Russia.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Grand Maket Russia<\/h2>\n<p>On our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/saint-petersburg\/tours\">St Petersburg tours<\/a> we like taking our tourists to <strong>the world\u2019s largest model layout<\/strong> (after Hamburg\u2019s Miniatur Wunderland). Kick it Russian style and think big, as big as Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This place is admirable in its size. It covers an area of 800 meters and consists of everything we have in our country \u2014 <strong>rivers, lakes, mountains, villages, small towns and large cities<\/strong>. There are also tunnels and bridges, ports and airports, factories and mills, and even metro stations. The car, trains and people move.<\/p>\n<p>At this exhibition the sun rises and sets, showing life both during the day and at night, you can even hear a thunderstorm in the mountains during the night. There are a lot of <strong>well-known Russian landmarks<\/strong> such as <em>Moscow Kremlin, Admiralty in St Petersburg, Kizhi Island in Karelia<\/em> and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The creators of this model tried to build as many great places of our country as possible. There you can find all Russian regions such as <strong>Ural, Siberia, the Far East, Sochi <\/strong>and the seaside, big rivers such as<strong> Volga <\/strong>and<strong> Don.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Federation is the biggest country in the world and it\u2019s very difficult and sometimes impossible for many people to travel to all regions and cities and see all the national beauty, so this model is the great chance to do this.<\/p>\n<p><em>St Petersburg Grand Maket Russia by the numbers:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scale 1:87;<\/li>\n<li>Layout area of 800 square meters;<\/li>\n<li>In the TOP 10 museums in Russia;<\/li>\n<li>In the TOP !0 mist photographed places in St Petersburg;<\/li>\n<li>Every 13 minutes day turns into night and the lighting of the model changes;<\/li>\n<li>18 minutes \u2013 the travel by train from St Petersburg to the Far East;<\/li>\n<li>2500 meters of rails;<\/li>\n<li>500 000 LED lights (first in the world).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1070\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBuHbTNl51c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Petrovskaya Aquatoria<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s make it as crystal clear as water \u2013 all St Petersburg sightseeing should start here!<\/p>\n<p>Historical theatre-model \u201cPetrovskaya Aquatoria\u201d is a history about the beginning of St Petersburg and Russian navy in miniature. There you will see the life of old Petersburg in all its beauty: <strong>old parks and palaces, paved streets and buildings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main peculiarity of the model is real water area which symbolizes Neva River and the Gulf of Finland, with moving ships of Peter\u2019s times.<\/p>\n<p>Good place for those tourists who don\u2019t have enough time to see the suburbs of St Petersburg, as there you will see not only historical center of the city but also <em>Peterhof, Kronshtadt and Oranienbaum<\/em> \u2013 all in one place.<\/p>\n<p><em>St Petersburg Petrovskaya Aquatoria by the numbers:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scale 1:87;<\/li>\n<li>Layout area of 500 square meters;<\/li>\n<li>20 tons of water;<\/li>\n<li>more than 100 ships and small vessels;<\/li>\n<li>305 meters of roads;<\/li>\n<li>1,000 vehicles, and including moving carriages;<\/li>\n<li>more than 1,000 buildings;<\/li>\n<li>20,000 LEDs;<\/li>\n<li>25,000 characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1070\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7IkTYBv9YeA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Perfume Museum<\/h2>\n<p><em>Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will.<\/em><br \/>\nPatrick S\u00fcskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.<\/p>\n<p>Perfume Museum\u00a0shows the history of perfume manufacturing and packaging from ancient times, and how natural ingredients are combined with substances to create modern perfumes .<\/p>\n<p>If you want to find out the secrets of making perfumes, come here to admire antique hand-made scent-bottles and have a look at old magic books with secrets of making scents, the perfume which was used by women in\u00a0 XIX and XX century. The oldest perfume here is dated from 1848!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3800\" style=\"width: 817px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3800\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3800 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Perfume-Museum-St-Petersburg.jpg\" alt=\"Off the beaten path St Petersburg\" width=\"807\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Perfume-Museum-St-Petersburg.jpg 807w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Perfume-Museum-St-Petersburg-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Perfume-Museum-St-Petersburg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Perfume-Museum-St-Petersburg-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Perfume Museum St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Museum of illusions<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to have a walk along St Petersburg roofs, or escape from zombies you should visit the Museum of Illusion, which actually consists of several museums such as <strong>Giant\u2019s museum, Glass Labyrinth and the Museum of Butterflies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The museum is full of installations which make you feel as if you are among giant objects like Alice in Wonderland in the endless labyrinth or as if you are in the tropical island, because hundreds of butterflies will be your fellow travelers during your visit here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3802\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3802\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3802\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Unusual St Petersburg museums\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions-1290x860.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Museum-of-Illusions.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Museum of Illusions, St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Erarta Museum of Modern Art<\/h2>\n<p>The Museum of Contemporary Art is full of innovative technologies and new unusual works of art. Permanent exhibitions of Russian Art by more than 140 artists from Saint Petersburg and regions of Russia <strong>from 1960<sup>th<\/sup> to the present day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>5 floors of painting, graphic art, sculptures, installations and video art, eight museum halls, experimental &#8220;U-spaces&#8221; and cinema halls, galleries<\/strong> located in the northern wing of the building display original works by artists who may not be represented in Erarta museum, which are for sale.<\/p>\n<p>At the entrance you\u2019ll meet statutes of goddess of Era and Arta. The fa\u00e7ade is rather historical but inside it\u2019s completely restored. The overall object of the museum is to collect, exhibit, and popularize most ingenious and skillful works by contemporary artists. You may want to check the art shop on the first floor.<\/p>\n<p>If you take <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/saint-petersburg\/tours\/st-petersburg-and-moscow-tours\">Moscow St Petersburg tours<\/a>, make sure to drop into Moscow Museum of Modern Art, well worth a visit too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1070\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xUh9_dZhXx8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>The Coffee Museum<\/h2>\n<p>Did someone say \u201ccoffee break\u201d? You\u2019re in the right city for coffee experience!<\/p>\n<p>Saint Petersburg is a city of coffee, and it is the most popular and favorite drink here since its very foundation.<\/p>\n<p>St Petersburg Coffee Museum is the one and only coffee museum in Russia. It\u2019s rather new as it was founded in November 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The private collection illustrates \u0430 <strong>history of coffee from ancient legends to the late XX century<\/strong>. During the excursion you will witness coffee harvesting, processing and roasting in different countries of the world, learn about the history and the origins of coffee in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The museum offers guided tours. Beat the heat (or the cold) with coffee tasting shows, recharge and relax here with unusual sorts of coffee and don\u2019t miss the signature drinks in the museum&#8217;s coffee shop. You\u2019re on coffee time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3806\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3806\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3806\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Unusual attractins in St Petersburg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg-1290x857.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-in-St-Petersburg.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Coffee Museum in St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3807\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3807\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3807\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-St-Petersburg.jpg\" alt=\"non-touristy St Petersburg\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-St-Petersburg.jpg 604w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-St-Petersburg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-St-Petersburg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Coffee-Museum-St-Petersburg-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coffee Museum in St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Museum-apartments<\/h2>\n<p><em>Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Shostokovich, Brodskiy<\/em> and many other world-famous writers, poets, composers and artists lived here in Saint-Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Embrace your inner poet or artist and visit the places of their living, such as Dostoevsky Literary-Memorial Museum, the literary display devoted to the writer\u2019s life and work: <strong>photographs, documents, letters manuscripts<\/strong> etc. The museum\u2019s stage hosts performances by St Petersburg theatres from other cities and countries.<\/p>\n<p>These are not Tsar&#8217;s castles that you can see on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/saint-petersburg\/tours\/peterhof-tour\">Peterhof tour<\/a>. No, these\u00a0ones are very cozy and intimate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3804\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3804\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3804\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dostoevsky-Literary-Memorial-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Interesting museums in St Petersburg\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dostoevsky-Literary-Memorial-Museum.jpg 800w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dostoevsky-Literary-Memorial-Museum-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dostoevsky-Literary-Memorial-Museum-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Dostoevsky-Literary-Memorial-Museum-600x434.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dostoevsky Literary-Memorial Museum. Photo by Palytra.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Creative Galleries and Spaces (Tkachi, Taiga, ArtMuza, Etagi etc)<\/h2>\n<p>St Petersburg is full of creative spaces for young artists, architects, designers and other creative people. For example, in \u201cArt Centre\u201d at Perinnye Ryady you can find a unique collection of the best art galleries of the city, reflecting all tendencies of modern and classical paintings, over <strong>300 works by professional artists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last floor of \u201cTkachi\u201d is a a <strong>2000-square-meter creative space<\/strong> for major exhibitions, concerts, fairs and festivals like lively paintings of <em>Aivasovsky, Van Gog or Dali.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3805\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3805\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3805\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tkachi-Creative-Space-in-St-Petersburg.jpg\" alt=\"St Petersburg museums\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tkachi-Creative-Space-in-St-Petersburg.jpg 604w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tkachi-Creative-Space-in-St-Petersburg-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tkachi-Creative-Space-in-St-Petersburg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tkachi-Creative-Space-in-St-Petersburg-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Tkachi Creative Space in St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the ABC attractions in St Petersburg? Surely, it\u2019s Hermitage, Russian Museum and some Cathedrals and Palaces. 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