The Main Museum Complex

Opening Hours

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays

11.00 am – 6.00 pm
Start of the last time slot: 4.00 pm

Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays

11.00 am – 8.00 pm
Start of the last time slot: 6.00 pm

Monday in the Hermitage

The museum is closed on January 1 and May 9

Visits follow fixed routes devised by the museum with entry by time slots.

Fixed Route No1 around the Main Museum Comlex >

Fixed Route No2 around the Main Museum Comlex >

Treasure Gallery >

An Accessible Museum >

Tickets

Entry ticket to the Main Museum Complex
A ticket is valid for the chosen time slot and only on the specified day
An entry ticket provides the opportunity to independently view the permanent displays and temporary exhibitions.

500 roubles

Entry tickets for pensioners

Free-of-charge visits each Thursday for pensioners ((citizens of the Russian Federation and other states of the Eurasian Economic Union)

Free of charge

Concessionary visits on other days when the museum is open

300 roubles

Free-of-charge tickets to the Main Museum Complex on any day when the museum is working*
Tickets can be obtained in advance through the website or on the day from the museum ticket office.

For certain categories of visitor who have the right to a concession on presentation of the appropriate documents

– Children under 14 (irrespective of citizenship)
– Child invalids with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship)
– Invalids of the 1st group (citizens of the Russian Federation and other states of the Eurasian Economic Union), with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship)
– Invalids of the 2nd group (citizens of the RF and other states of the EAEU, with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship) in the case of invalids with damage to the locomotor apparatus who are unable to move independently, wheelchair-users, or invalids with impaired vision
– Sign-language interpreters and interpreters for the deaf-blind accompanying invalids with impaired hearing and vision (irrespective of citizenship)
– Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, including holders of the Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, invalids from childhood due to wounds, contusion or mutilation resulting from military actions during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45
– Holders of the Resident of Besieged Leningrad badge
– Former under-age inmates of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forcible detention created by the fascists and their allies during the Great Patriotic War (irrespective of citizenship)
– Full Members of the Order of Labour Glory
– Heroes of Socialist Labour
– Officer cadets attending educational institutions in the RF (irrespective of citizenship)
– Servicemen doing compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (sergeants, sergeant majors, soldiers and sailors doing compulsory military service)
– Veterans of military operations (in accordance with Article 3 of the Federal Law "On Veterans" of 12 January 1995 No 5-ФЗ)
- family members of participants in the SMO (parents, spouses, children under the age of 18, children over 18, who became invalids before that age, children under the age of 23 attending a Russian educational institution full-time, dependants)
– Staff of museums in the Russian Federation
– Members of creative unions of the Russian Federation (artists, designers, architects)
– Members of ICOM (the International Council of Museums)

Free of charge

Free-of-charge visits on the third Thursday of each month*
Tickets can be obtained in advance through the website or on the day from the museum ticket office. To visit the museum ticket-holders must be able to present an ID document and a document confirming that they belong to a concessionary category.

For the following concessionary categories of visitor:

– Children under 18 (irrespective of citizenship)
– Families with three or more children under 18 (citizens of the Russian Federation and other states of the Eurasian Economic Union)
– Students attending educational institutions in the RF (irrespective of citizenship)
– Postgraduate students, interns and registrar doctors attending educational institutions in the RF
– Child invalids with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship)
– Invalids of the 1st group (citizens of the RF and other states of the EAEU), with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship)
– Invalids of the 2nd group (citizens of the RF and other states of the EAEU, with one accompanying person (irrespective of citizenship) in the case of invalids with damage to the locomotor apparatus who are unable to move independently, wheelchair-users, or invalids with impaired vision
– Sign-language interpreters and interpreters for the deaf-blind accompanying invalids with impaired hearing and vision (irrespective of citizenship)
– Staff of museums in the Russian Federation
– Members of creative unions of the Russian Federation (artists, designers, architects)
– Members of ICOM (the International Council of Museums)
– Full Members of the Order of Labour Glory
– Heroes of Socialist Labour
– Veterans of the Great Patriotic War, including holders of the Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, invalids from childhood due to wounds, contusion or mutilation resulting from military actions during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45
– Holders of the Resident of Besieged Leningrad badge
– Former under-age inmates of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of forcible detention created by the fascists and their allies during the Great Patriotic War (irrespective of citizenship)
– Officer cadets attending educational institutions in the RF (irrespective of citizenship)
– Servicemen doing compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
– Veterans of military operations
- family members of participants in the SMO (parents, spouses, children under the age of 18, children over 18, who became invalids before that age, children under the age of 23 attending a Russian educational institution full-time, dependants)