St Petersburg Sights

Academy of Arts Museum

#67 of 498 things to do in St Petersburg

#272 of 2693 things to do in Russia

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  • Address
    • Universitetskaya nab 17
  • Transport
    • Vasileostrovskaya
  • Website
  • Phone
    • excursions: 812 213 3578
    • 812 323 6469
  • Price
    • adult/student R300/150, English excursions R1500
  • Hours
    • 11am-6pm Wed-Sun

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Guarded by two imported Egyptian sphinxes said to be about 3500 years old, the Academy of Arts Museum is certainly worth a look if you are interested in Russian art. Inside are works done by academy students and the faculty since its founding in 1775, including many studies and temporary exhibitions. Boys would live in this building from the age of five until they graduated at age 15 – it was an experiment to create a new species of human: the artist. With graduates including Ilya Repin, Karl Bryullov and Anton Losenko, something must have worked.

 

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