Russian Ethnography Museum

The Russian Museum of Ethnography is one of the largest and richest museums in Russia. Their collections include objects of ethnic culture of more than 150 peoples of Russia and its neighbors.

Various cultures and religions meet in the space of the Russian Museum of Ethnography which has been created to function like a medium between people and science that comprehend their everyday life as an object to study.

The lifestyles of all those peoples who lived on the vast territory between the Baltic Sea in the West and the Pacific Ocean in the East are reflected in the array of curious artifacts on display at the Ethnography Museum. The collection provides some marvelous insights into the history and culture of Russians, Ukrainians and Belorussians, as well as the peoples and tribes of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Siberia.

Established in 1901 as an ethnography department of the Russian Museum (opened in 1923). The main collection (over 260 thousand articles and 140 thousand photographs) comprises the items related to the culture and life of nations of the former USSR, as well as to modern folk art.

Hours: Open Daily from 11am to 6pm.

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Contact Information

Russian Ethnography Museum
Inzhenernaya Ulitsa 4/1
191011 St.Petersburg, RU

Tel. +78122191174

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/museums/russian-ethnography-museum.asp