Military­-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps — Attraction in округ Кронверкское

The museum is impressive in its scale, but it seems that the staff aren't able to deal with the repurcussions that come from it. Some of exhibits obviously haven't been cared for in a very long time since there is a layer of dust on them. Some of the rifles are missing bolts and barrel band screws.

During my visit, the staff started booting visitors about an hour before the posted closing time. They said that if you go to an exhibit hall further down the exhibition, that you could stay a little longer. Even if you did that, you still could only stay until the winter closing time, which is half an hour before the winter one iirc.

The museum in its design and exhibits is obviously catered towards Russians. The bathrooms will look unusual for foreigners, but were considered really nice public restrooms until not too long ago. Most of the informational plaques are in Russian. The ticket price for foreigners is higher than for Russian speakers (which is the one and only time I've ever seen this in a Russian museum). However, it's still a really interesting place to go to even if you don't speak Russian because all of the exhibits are items, not some print outs, and there is an insane amount of items there.

Overall, if I'd come a little earlier and was able to walk through the entire exhibition without being rushed, I would have really enjoyed the experience there. However, the fact that the museum started closing ahead of the posted time without warning is outrageous and the obvious lack of care showed on some...

Unfortunately couldn't visit this site because it closes early, 18:00 as I remember and this time in St. Petersburg is early specially when know that sun set was at 23:30 at summer...The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (Russian: Военно-исторический музей артиллерии, инженерных войск и войск связи), also known simply as the Artillery Museum, is a state-owned military museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its collections, consisting of Russian military equipment, uniforms and decorations, are hosted in the Kronverk (a crownwork) of the Peter and Paul Fortress situated on the right bank of the Neva near Alexander Park. The museum is managed by the Russian...

Such an amazing experience. From early stages of the Russian army to the era of The Second World War and everything in between.

I couldnt get enough, you can get lost observing one single item and the story behind it. The pieces exhibited are authentic and historical, a lot of time is required to fully indulge in the experience, and it's worth every second. Wish I had more time to thoroughly examine and satisfy the nerd in me.

You can feel the place is old, its huge and the furniture is a blast from an era well passed, but the items on display are enough to forget about any fualt.

From swords to jet engines, this is difinitely something you dont...