Winter Palace

The gorgeous Winter Palace was once the private museum of Empress Catherine II, and now it is one of the four largest museums in the world along with the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. There are more than 3 million collections in the museum, all of which are works of art from home and abroad, such as oil paintings, statues, carpets, furniture and handicrafts. There are 400 exhibition halls and showrooms, including ancient Greek bottle painting art, ancient Roman art The three-part collection of sculpture art and Western European art is well-known in the world collection circle. The Winter Palace was built in 1754, covering an area of 90,000 square meters and a total of 1,057 rooms. It is a very distinctive Russian Baroque building in St. Petersburg. Here, the gorgeous grand palace with green walls and white columns decorated with golden reliefs unfolds in a row, magnificent yet calm. The exhibition is divided into 7 parts: primitive cultural history, ancient Greek and Roman culture and art, oriental national culture and art, Russian culture, Western European art history, coins, and crafts. It is 30 kilometers long, so it is known as the longest art gallery in the world. Not to be missed: The Mummy of Egypt (Room 100), The Peacock Clock (Room 204), Leonardo da Vinci's "Portrait of the Virgin" (Room 214), Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (Room 254), Rubens' Perseus and Andromeda (Hall 246), Raphael Promenade (Hall 227). Halls 333-350 on the second floor contain many art treasures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso, which are worth a visit.

Step into the grandeur of the Winter Palace, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, alongside the Louvre and the British Museum. Once the private collection of Empress Catherine II, it now houses over 3 million artworks spanning ancient Greek and Roman art, Russian culture, and Western European masterpieces. Wander through 400 exhibition halls filled with treasures like Da Vinci’s Portrait of the Virgin, Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son, and the iconic Peacock Clock. With its stunning Baroque architecture and vast, elegant galleries, the Winter Palace offers an unforgettable journey through centuries of global art and history.