The Russian Museums

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Indexes

The Russian Museums Information about most Russian museums, galleries and cultural web sites.

Moscow

Moscow House of Photography Museum The first Russian museum specializing in the field of photography. (Russian language)
State Darwin Museum  Offers visitors of all ages a wide range of excursions.
State Historical-cultural Museum-preserve "Moscow Kremlin"  Offers both individual and group tourist service.
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts One of the major art collections in Russia.
Vernadsky Geological Museum Earth history museum, based on Vernadsky's ideas including noosphere (sphere of mind).

St. Petersburg

Alexander Palace Org Websites Includes Alexander, Pavlovsk, Tsarskoe Selo, Yelagin, Gatchina, and Great Catherine palaces. (See also: The Boy Who Dreamed of a Palace)
Central Naval Museum One of the richest collections of ship models in the world, and more.
Gatchina Royal Palace Gatchina home page.
Pushkin's Museum Everything about Pushkin. (Russian language)
State Hermitage Museum Home page of one of the world's great museums.
The State Museum of the History of Religion Includes special collection on antireligious propaganda in the former USSR.
The State Russian Museum - St.Petersburg World's largest museum of Russian art. (See also: State Russian Museum Conservation Department)

Other Museums

museum.nnov.ru Museums of the Nizhniy Novgorod area. (Russian language)
novgorod-museum.ru Novgorod State United Museum.

Web Museums

Central Lenin Museum Dedicated to the once revered founder of the Soviet Union.
Cold War Museum Dedicated to East and West confrontations between WWII and the August Coup.
Russian Aviation Museum To those who imagined, built and made all those things flying.
Virtual Space Museum Russian space vehicles in 3D.