The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg is in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Here you can get acquainted with the history of the founding of the city, walk around the halls of the Commandant's House - an exposition devoted to the history of the Neva region from ancient times and the history of St. Petersburg from its foundation until 1918.

Address: Petropavlovskaya Alleya Fortress, 10

Web site: spbmuseum.ru

SM Kirov Museum, branch

Address: metro station "Petrogradskaya", "Gorkovskaya", Kamennoostrovsky avenue 26/28; tel .: +7 (812) 346-0289, 346-0217;

Opening hours: open from 11:00 to 18:00, on Friday and Tuesday from 11:00 to 17:00; Weekend - Wednesday and last Tuesday of the month

Memorial Museum of the First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party Sergei Mironovich Kirov. Reconstructed interiors of the dining room, library and recreation rooms, where Kirov kept his carpentry and locksmith tools. The situation of the office was moved from Smolny. The living rooms contain original documents, photographs, personal belongings of the most popular leader of pre-war Leningrad.

The Museum of the History of the Press of St. Petersburg, the branch

Address: Nevsky Prospekt metro station, Gostiny Dvor, Moika Embankment 32 / 2; tel .: +7 (812) 312-0977, 312-7832

Opening hours: open from 11:00 to 18:00, on Tuesdays - until 4:00 pm, on Fridays - until 5:00 pm; day off - Wednesday

Today museum visitors can see the memorial premises of the editorial office and printing house of the beginning of the 20th century, samples of printing equipment. Temporary exhibitions devoted to the history of publishing in Russia are held in the exhibition halls of the museum.

Rumyantsevsky mansion, branch

Address: Nevsky Prospekt metro station, Angliyskaya emb. 44; tel .: +7 (812) 311-7544

Opening Hours: 11: 00-18: 00, Tuesdays 11: 00-17: 00; day - Wednesday

The exposition, which was opened in the mansion today, tells about the history of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War and the 900-day blockade.