Museums & culture in Russia
Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
estate museum
Abramtsevo Estate
science town
Akademgorodok
museum
Amber Museum Kaliningrad
street
Arbat Street
archaeological site
Arkaim
theatre
Bolshoi Theatre
archaeological site
Bolshoi Zayatsky Labyrinths
cave
Denisova Cave
house museum
Dostoevsky House Staraya Russa
craft
Dymkovo Toy
village
Esso Village
museum
Faberge Museum
craft
Gorodets Painting
museum
Gus-Khrustalny Crystal Museum
craft
Gzhel Ceramics
craft
Kasli Iron Casting
craft
Khokhloma Painting Semyonov
village
Kinerma Village
village museum
Konstantinovo Yesenin Village
museum
Kunstkamera
town
Kyakhta Tea Road Heritage
house museum
Lermontov Museum Pyatigorsk
open air museum
Malye Korely
museum
Mammoth Museum Yakutsk
theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
estate museum
Melikhovo Estate
estate museum
Mikhailovskoye Pushkin Reserve
museum
Museum of Cosmonautics Moscow
art park
Nikola-Lenivets Art Park
theatre
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
district
Old Tatar Sloboda
craft
Orenburg Downy Shawl
craft
Palekh Lacquer Miniature
craft
Pavlovsky Posad Shawls
art collection
Perm Wooden Gods
art museum
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
house museum
Repino Penates
craft
Rostov Finift Enamel
bathhouse
Sanduny Banya
rock art
Sikachi-Alyan Petroglyphs
estate museum
Spasskoye-Lutovinovo
open air museum
Taltsy Museum
village culture
Tarbagatai Old Believers
house museum
Tchaikovsky House Klin
museum
The Hermitage and St Petersburg
tradition
The Trans-Siberian Railway
museum
Toy Museum Sergiev Posad
art museum
Tretyakov Gallery
museum
Tsiolkovsky Space Museum Kaluga
craft
Tula Samovar Tradition
music tradition
Tuvan Throat Singing
craft
Uelen Bone Carving
craft
Ural Gem Carving
open air museum
Vitoslavlitsy Museum
craft
Vologda Lace
archaeological site
Whale Bone Alley
seasonal event
White Nights Season
rock art
White Sea Petroglyphs
nomadic culture
Yamal Reindeer Herding Culture
estate museum
Yasnaya Polyana
festival
Ysyakh Festival
craft