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The State Hermitage MuseumvsState Russian Museum
State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace and State Russian Museum are both praised by experts. Overall, State Russian Museum ranks significantly higher than State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace. State Russian Museum has a TripExpert Score of 91 with approval from 5 reviewers such as Travel + Leisure, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
The State Hermitage Museum
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Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34, St. Petersburg 190000 , Russia
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Fodor's "One of the world's most famous museums is virtually wallpapered with celebrated paintings, part of the former private art collection of the tsars." Full review
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Since you probably only have a few hours, be sure to take in the major attractions
Frommer's "The Winter Palace would be a museum itself even if it didn't hold the Hermitage Museum, one of the world's largest and most valuable collections of fine art." Full review
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Allow yourself a full morning or afternoon in the Hermitage itself -- or a full day, if you can spare it. You won't regret it.
Travel + Leisure "This world-class museum is not to be missed, but where to start, with more than 350 rooms?" Full review
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Skip the lines by buying tickets online, then hit the highlights.
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"This gigantic museum boasting nearly three million works of art... resembles an enchanted palace from the Thousand and one Nights." Full review
On the Grid "The hidden jewels of world-known collections await you here." Full review
U.S. News & World Report1.0
"Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection." Full review
Travel + Leisure "In addition to being one of the most popular museums in the world, this Russian location claims to be the world's largest museum by gallery space"
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Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The enormous collection (over three million items, only a fraction of which are on display in 360 rooms) almost amounts to a comprehensive history of Western European art." Full review
State Russian Museum Fodor's Frommer's Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure Michelin Guide
The Telegraph Lonely Planet
4 Inzhenernaya ulitsa / Mickhailovsky Palace, Metro: Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Fodor's "In 1898 Nicholas II turned the stupendously majestic neoclassical Mikhailovsky Palace (Mikhailovsky Dvorets) into what has become one of the country's most important art galleries." Full review
Frommer's "This museum should be on every visitor's itinerary, even those who know or care little about Russian art, despite its hefty admission fee." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Facing onto the elegant pl Iskusstv (Arts Sq) is the handsome Mikhailovsky Palace, now housing one of the country's finest collections of Russian art." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace, the Russian works here—which include 6,000 religious icons—makes an interesting complement to the Hermitage's foreign treasures." Full review
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"Peter I's Cabin, a humble log structure, was built in a few days right after the first stone of the fortress was laid." Full review
The Telegraph "While the State Hermitage displays fine art from all over the world, the Russian Museum concentrates on home-grown masterpieces." Full review
Lonely Planet "The Russian Museum's exhibitions of 20th-century works are held in this building's1st floor which is connected by stairs to the main collection in the Mikhailovsky Palace." Full review
