Description:Today St. Petersburg boasts over 100 Museums and permanent exhibitions, from the world-famous Hermitage and the Peterhof estate to the recently opened Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House and the Blockade Museum. This guidebook gives a brief introduction to the 67 most significant museums in the city. It is best to combine a visit to these with a stroll along the streets, embankments and squares of downtown Petersburg, which form an outdoor museum in its own right. Hence, this publication is designed for the inquisitive pedestrian tourist. The information that it contains has been arranged according to geographical areas and divided into the following eight chapters: Vasilevsky Island, Petrograd Side, From Nevsky Prospekt to Kolomna, From Nevsky Lavra, South of Obvodny Canal and the Suburban Palaces and Parks (Peterhof, Oranienbaum, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk and Gatchina). Each chapter gives information on the museums located in the respective area, although the borders, of course, often overlap.Schematic maps at the beginning of each chapter will help you to locate the museums that are of greatest interest to you and choose convenient routes from the nearest Metro stations. We strongly advise all museum-lovers and intrepid explorers to leaf through this guidebook before embarking on their exciting journey through the streets of St. Petersburg and it's environs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Museums of St. Petersburg: A Short Guide. To get started finding The Museums of St. Petersburg: A Short Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: Today St. Petersburg boasts over 100 Museums and permanent exhibitions, from the world-famous Hermitage and the Peterhof estate to the recently opened Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House and the Blockade Museum. This guidebook gives a brief introduction to the 67 most significant museums in the city. It is best to combine a visit to these with a stroll along the streets, embankments and squares of downtown Petersburg, which form an outdoor museum in its own right. Hence, this publication is designed for the inquisitive pedestrian tourist. The information that it contains has been arranged according to geographical areas and divided into the following eight chapters: Vasilevsky Island, Petrograd Side, From Nevsky Prospekt to Kolomna, From Nevsky Lavra, South of Obvodny Canal and the Suburban Palaces and Parks (Peterhof, Oranienbaum, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk and Gatchina). Each chapter gives information on the museums located in the respective area, although the borders, of course, often overlap.Schematic maps at the beginning of each chapter will help you to locate the museums that are of greatest interest to you and choose convenient routes from the nearest Metro stations. We strongly advise all museum-lovers and intrepid explorers to leaf through this guidebook before embarking on their exciting journey through the streets of St. Petersburg and it's environs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Museums of St. Petersburg: A Short Guide. To get started finding The Museums of St. Petersburg: A Short Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.