Museum of Faberge, St. Petersburg: working hours and address in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia. In the city there are about a thousand different museums and their branches. A popular venue for exhibitions and a variety of cultural events today is the Shuvalov Palace, where the Faberge Museum (in St. Petersburg) is located. Shuvalov Palace is a private museum on the basis of which annual concert events, private meetings and exhibitions are held. From this article you will find out what the Faberge Museum (St. Petersburg) is.

About the museum

The Faberge Museum (St. Petersburg) was created to accumulate, preserve and transmit to the descendants of the Russian and world cultural heritage. A huge role for the city is played by a private museum complex - Shuvalov Palace, once owned by the old noble families Shuvalov and Naryshkin. This is truly a rich collection of works by the Russian master Carl Gustav Faberge, who created his works of art in the XIX-XX centuries. Here are the most popular specimens. So, a very popular exhibition in the museum of Faberge in St. Petersburg - the imperial Easter eggs. The splendor of the decoration of the palace, the highest jewelry skill of the family firm Faberge excite the imagination. The creations of Charles and his family are unique artifacts of the history of the Russian Empire in all its grandeur. Moreover, the Faberge Museum, St. Petersburg is the most beautiful building in St. Petersburg, attracting hundreds of tourists every day.

History of the Shuvalov Palace

This year marks its fourth birthday, located on the basis of one of the oldest palaces of St. Petersburg Faberge Museum. The address of the museum, founded in 2013, is familiar to everyone - it is the embankment of the Fontanka River, house 21. The exact date of the founding of Naryshkin-Shuvalov's palace is difficult to establish. It is known that at the end of the eighteenth century the architect of Italian origin Giacomo Quarenghi created the project and began the realization of the palace. The first owners were known to the entire Russian Empire spouses Vorontsov, but in 1799 the palace was bought by Maryna Antonovna Naryshkina. Maria immediately began to actively engage in the interior decoration of the palace, making it a real museum at that time. Naryshkin bought for the palace a collection of art objects from around the world, these were marble pedestals, and precious knick-knacks and watches.

The First Palace of St. Petersburg

The welcome guests of the Naryshkin Palace were Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov, Karl Bryullov, Nikolai Karamzin and many other people of art. The whole color of the capital's society gathered here for balls, festive feasts. Visited this beautiful palace and the Emperor Alexander I. It is also known that in April 1834 a solemn ball was held on the occasion of the birth of Emperor Alexander II. Another significant day for the Naryshkin Palace was the wedding of the first heiress of the palace with a representative of the Shuvalov family. The palace was rebuilt for this occasion under the comfort of a new family of Sofia Lvovna and Pyotr Pavlovich. From now on, the entrance from the embankment of the Fontanka River crowns the wide front staircase. Thus, the period of the "reign" of the Naryshkins is replaced by the time of possession of the Shuvalovs.

Military period, revolution

With the outbreak of the tragic First World War in 1914, the palace of the Naryshkin-Shuvalovs was transferred to Elizaveta Vladimirovna's last heir to the possession of a local hospital. In the halls were organized hospitals for the wounded soldiers, and the front room served as a chamber of officers.

After the February Revolution of 1917, the Shuvalov Palace was transferred to the central state. Management, and all the museum expositions were moved to all sorts of caches and storerooms. Fortunately, the revolutionary period did not affect the safety of the exhibits in any way. After the infirmary in the palace was completely liquidated, the caches in the museum were opened, and their fate until 1925 was marked by the expositions of a new museum of noble life, open by the provisional government. Later, the palace collections were moved to the Winter Palace and the Russian Museum. Some items of the collection are still kept in the museum fund.

The Soviet period, the besieged Leningrad

Back in the 1930s, the central House of Printing was located on the territory of the former Shuvalov Palace. The beginning propagandist poet Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky read here his twenty-seven-year-old bravado poem "Okay" on the occasion of the decade of the October revolution. The further fate of the palace was obvious - the building was transferred first for engineering and technical needs, and then for the design offices. The blockade of Leningrad left a huge mark in the history of the palace: it was subjected to the most powerful bombing, a huge part of the building and exhibits suffered. The entire three-story wing was almost wiped off the face of the earth. Several fires that destroyed the wooden floors, took with them and unique paintings of the ceiling ceiling of the palace.

Restoration and new museums

Before the Faberge Museum (St. Petersburg) appeared, the palace suffered many troubles. In 1950, the first restoration work began, but the city was sorely lacking in funding, the palace still needed major repairs. In the sixties the House of Friendship was opened here, which also existed for about thirty years without proper repair. However, already in the new Russia, in 2006, the palace was transferred to the ownership of a private foundation, it was announced the restoration of museum exhibits and the creation of private collections. 2013 became the most important in the history of the palace. On private grounds the palace was completely restored, museum visits were opened, a permanent exposition of the collection of creativity of Karl Faberge in St. Petersburg. Salvador Dali's exhibition at the Faberge Museum today is the most popular event in St. Petersburg, details I would like to share with readers.

Salvador Dali in the Faberge Museum

As early as March 31, 2017, the exhibition of the Spanish surrealist artist was launched. This is perhaps the largest collection of paintings by the master in the history of the collection of this artist in St. Petersburg. Particular attention is paid to the artist's reflection on the works of geniuses of the Renaissance: Michelangelo - in painting, Dante - in literature. A cult artist of the 20th century exerts a strong influence on the audience, using the most artful elements of surreal artistry. Scandalous, mysterious and wise - so Dali sees today's visitors of the museum exposition. At this exhibition you can see both the artist's early works (the first surreal landscapes) and later ones.

St. Petersburg, the Faberge Museum: mode of operation

To buy tickets for the Salvador Dalí exhibition, recommended to visitors over the age of eighteen, is only offered on the day of the visit. You can buy tickets online or at the ticket office of the museum. Visiting hours (without days off):

• 10.00 - 14.00;
• 14.00 - 18.00;
• 18.00 - 20.45.

If you used the online purchase of tickets, you can pick them up at the ticket office of the museum, by giving your name and name, as well as the order number. Preferential groups can visit the exhibition at a price of 200 rubles, the standard entrance ticket costs 450 rubles. Also visitors can use a comprehensive ticket, paying 700 rubles. The last option involves visiting the exhibition of Dali and the main exposition of the Faberge Museum without a guide. Also there are privileged categories of citizens: pensioners, schoolchildren, full-time students, licensed guides.