Built in 1710-1727 to Giuseppe Fontana’s design for Alexander Menshikov, the first Governor-General of St.Petersburg, the palace was the city’s first multistoried building. It was also the largest and the most beautiful St.Petersburg’s palace in Peter the Great’s times. For these reasons the palace was the place where receptions of the foreign ambassadors and the famous Peter’s parties (‘assemblies’) took place. Since 1981 it is a branch of the Hermitage, and the beautifully decorated rooms display early 18th century Russian art.                                                                                                   

Max number of visitors in a group – 15 persons

Open: 10:30 – 16:00

Closed on Mondays

Address: Universitetskaya nab.3

The nearest metro station: Nevsky Prospect

Phone: +7 (812) 323 11 12

www.hermitage.ru