Museums and exhibitions at the Peter and Paul Fortress
As well as being one of St. Petersburg's most striking historic landmarks, the Peter and Paul Fortress is the main site of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. This large umbrella organization manages several historic buildings and monuments in St. Petersburg and the surrounding region, and uses various premises in the Peter and Paul Fortress to house permanent exhibitions chronicling different aspects of the history of the city and of the fortress itself.
Visitors can currently buy a single ticket valid for all exhibitions over a two-day period, or separate tickets for individual exhibitions. Ticket offices are located in the Boathouse and Ioannovskiy Ravelin.
All exhibitions are open daily from 10am to 6pm (to 5pm on Tuesdays). Closed on Wednesdays.
Located in part of the Nevskaya Curtain Wall, this exhibition charts the construction and reconstruction of the Peter and Paul Fortress through the 18th and 19th centuries.
The prison in the Trubetskoy Bastion housed the country's most prominent political prisoners in the final decades of Tsarist Russia. This exhibition presents life in the prison and the fate of the incarcerated.
Located in the Commandant's House, this entertaining and imaginatively displayed collection charts both the seminal events and the historic idiosyncrasies of life in the Imperial capital.
This summer-only exhibition beneath the majestic steeple of the Peter and Paul Cathedral relates the construction and alteration of the tower and its bells, as well as providing superb views over the city.
Occupying part of the Nevsky Curtain Wall, this workshop is part museum, part gallery, and part functioning printers. Entrance is free-of-charge.
In premises that housed the Gas Dynamics Laboratory in the late 1920s and early 1930s, this museum traces the development of rocket technology in the Soviet Union.
