# Fabergé Museum, St Petersburg

> A private museum in the Shuvalov Palace at 21 Fontanka Embankment, home to nine imperial Fabergé Easter eggs and over 4,000 works of jewellery, silver and enamel. It opens daily with no days off, 10:00–20:45; the ticket desk shuts at 20:15. Tickets are 700 ₽, under-7s go free, and an English audio guide costs 300 ₽. Plan on about 90 minutes.

Web page: https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/faberge-museum

- City: [St Petersburg](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg), Russia
- YesGo score: 36/100 (Yes, if nearby)
- Time on site: 1 h 30 min
- With kids: Fine with kids
- Opening hours: Daily 10:00–20:45, no closing day
- Ticket desk: 9:30–20:15, same-day tickets only
- Standard ticket: 700 ₽
- Reduced ticket: 350 ₽ — schoolchildren and full-time students of any nationality, with ID
- Free: Children under 7
- Guided session “Masterpieces of the Fabergé Museum”: 1,300 ₽, 60 min, up to 15 people
- Audio guide: 300 ₽, 8 languages incl. English; online version valid on the day you pay
- Photography: Allowed for personal use, no flash
- Bags: Anything over 30×20×15 cm goes to the cloakroom
- Metro: Gostiny Dvor / Nevsky Prospekt, ≈ 10 min walk
- Payment: Foreign Visa and Mastercard don’t work in Russia — bring roubles or use a Russian card
- Coordinates: 59.93470, 30.34290
- Facts checked: 29.10.2026

## Key facts

- **9 eggs** — imperial Fabergé Easter eggs in the collection (source: English and Russian Wikipedia, “Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg”)
- **4,000+** — works: jewellery, silver, enamel, icons and paintings (source: English and Russian Wikipedia, “Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg”)
- **19 Nov 2013** — official opening in the Shuvalov Palace (source: English and Russian Wikipedia; Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 19 November 2013)
- **2004** — Viktor Vekselberg bought the Forbes family’s entire Fabergé collection (source: English and Russian Wikipedia, “Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg”)
- **Private** — run by the Link of Times cultural foundation (source: English Wikipedia (museum infobox); Russian Wikipedia)
- **Blue Room** — where the Romanov Easter eggs are displayed (source: Official Fabergé Museum website, exhibition plan; Russian Wikipedia, “Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace”)
- **15 rooms** — on the palace’s first floor (second floor in Russian counting) (source: Official Fabergé Museum website, exhibition plan)
- **1885** — the Hen egg — Fabergé’s first imperial Easter egg (source: Russian Wikipedia; The Art Newspaper, 2022)
- **1916** — the Order of St George egg, one of the last imperial eggs (source: English and Russian Wikipedia, “Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg”)
- **2006–2013** — restoration of the palace before the museum opened (source: English Wikipedia; Russian Wikipedia, “Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace”)

## Fabergé Museum tickets and prices

**A standard ticket is 700 ₽**, roughly the price of a coffee and a pastry on Nevsky. Schoolchildren and full-time university students pay **350 ₽** whatever their nationality — bring your student card. Children under 7 go free. Other discounts and free categories (pensioners, families, veterans) are for Russian and Belarusian citizens.

The ticket desk only sells **same-day tickets**, and entry is mainly by online ticket. You can book ahead on the museum’s official website — its English version has a “Buy ticket” link to the museum’s own box office.

**About paying:** Visa and Mastercard cards issued outside Russia have not worked there since March 2022, so a foreign card will be declined both online and at the desk. Carry roubles in cash or ask your hotel or a tour operator to book for you.

Temporary exhibitions are ticketed separately. The permanent collection — the eggs — is what you’re here for.

> **Open every day — use it on a Monday or Tuesday** The museum has no closing day. The [Hermitage](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/hermitage) is shut on Mondays and the [Russian Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/russian-museum) on Tuesdays, so Fabergé is the easy fix for those days. Arrive by 19:00 if you want to see everything without rushing — last entry is 20:15.

## Fabergé Museum opening hours

The museum is open **daily from 10:00 to 20:45**, with no weekly closing day. The ticket desk opens at 9:30 and closes at 20:15; ticket sales and entry stop 30 minutes before closing, and the exhibition rooms start closing 15 minutes before the end of the day.

Weekday mornings right at 10:00 and evenings after 18:00 are the quietest. The rooms are intimate, and the Blue Room with the imperial eggs fills up fast when a tour group arrives.

## How to get to the Fabergé Museum

1. Take the metro to **Gostiny Dvor** (green line 3) or **Nevsky Prospekt** (blue line 2) — they’re one interchange.
2. Come up onto Nevsky Prospekt and walk east towards the Fontanka river and the Anichkov Bridge with its horse statues — about 8 minutes.
3. Just before the bridge, without crossing the river, turn left along the embankment. The Shuvalov Palace entrance is 100–150 m on, at No. 21. About 10 minutes in total.
4. From Moscow Station (Mayakovskaya, line 3, or Ploshchad Vosstaniya, line 1), walk west along Nevsky, cross the Anichkov Bridge and turn right — 12–15 minutes.
5. From [Palace Square](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/palace-square) it’s about 2 km straight along Nevsky Prospekt — 25–30 minutes on foot, passing [Kazan Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/kazan-cathedral).

## How many Fabergé eggs are in the museum?

The collection holds **nine imperial Easter eggs**, made by the House of Fabergé for the last two tsars, Alexander III and Nicholas II, as gifts to the empresses. Most came in 2004, when Viktor Vekselberg bought the Forbes family’s Fabergé collection in one deal. Alongside them are eggs made for private clients such as the Kelch family and the Duchess of Marlborough.

One caveat: the Hen egg of 1885, the very first imperial egg, was lent to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2021–22 and, according to The Art Newspaper and Russian Wikipedia, stayed in the UK after sanctions were imposed on Vekselberg. We found no reliable report of its return, so you may see eight imperial eggs rather than nine.

For scale: Moscow’s Kremlin Armoury has ten, the largest single group. This is the biggest in St Petersburg.

## What to see inside

- **The Blue Room** — the heart of the museum, with the imperial eggs: the Hen, Renaissance, the Coronation egg of 1897 and the Order of St George egg of 1916.
- **The State Staircase** from the 1840s, under its painted dome — where the visit starts.
- **The Knights’ Hall** — military watercolours, porcelain and silver.
- **The Red Room** — Russian silver from the 18th to the early 20th century, by Fabergé and rival court suppliers.
- **The Gold Room** — imperial presentation gifts, gold snuffboxes with tsars’ portraits and Fabergé’s hardstone flowers and animals.
- **The Gothic Hall** — Russian icons from the 16th to the 20th century, many in jewelled covers.
- **The Exhibition Hall and Upper Buffet** — carved stone figures and paintings, including Renoir and Korovin.
- **The White Column Hall** — the palace’s old ballroom, now used for exhibitions and concerts.

## Is the Fabergé Museum worth it?

Yes, if you have more than a day in the city. For 700 ₽ and 90 minutes you get a world-class jewellery collection in a beautifully restored palace, without the miles of corridors at the Hermitage. It also works in bad weather and on Mondays.

Skip it on a one-day visit if you haven’t done the Hermitage or [St Isaac’s Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/st-isaacs-cathedral) yet. And don’t expect a huge museum: it fits on one floor, and the highlight is a single room.

Take the English audio guide or a guided tour. Without the stories — what surprise hid inside each egg, who gave it to whom and why — the eggs are just very shiny objects behind glass.

## English audio guide and guided tours

**The audio guide costs 300 ₽** and comes in eight languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean and Chinese. The online version plays on your phone: pay on the audio-guide site, get a code, and it works only on that day. Bring earphones.

The museum’s own **“Masterpieces of the Fabergé Museum” session** costs 1,300 ₽, lasts 60 minutes and takes up to 15 people. The official site doesn’t state the language, so assume Russian unless told otherwise. For a tour in English, book a private guide through a YesGo partner.

## The Shuvalov Palace

The museum fills the **Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace** on the Fontanka. The oldest part dates from the 1780s; a wing was added in 1821–22 for Dmitry Naryshkin, and in 1844–49 the palace was remodelled, with interiors by Bernhard Simon and a single façade by Nikolai Yefimov. A marriage brought it to the Shuvalov family.

After the 1917 revolution it was nationalised and later became a “House of Friendship” for foreign delegations. A seven-year restoration began in 2006, and the Fabergé Museum opened on 19 November 2013. It is privately run by Vekselberg’s Link of Times foundation.

## Before you go: checklist

- [ ] Ticket for today, or an online ticket for your day
- [ ] At the door by 20:15
- [ ] Student card for the 350 ₽ ticket
- [ ] Roubles in cash or a Russian card — foreign Visa and Mastercard won’t work
- [ ] Backpack over 30×20×15 cm goes to the cloakroom
- [ ] Audio guide on your phone and earphones
- [ ] No flash when taking photos

## Fabergé Museum vs the Hermitage

|  | Fabergé Museum | Hermitage | Yusupov Palace |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Private Fabergé collection in the Shuvalov Palace | Russia’s great art museum in the Winter Palace | The Yusupov family palace on the Moika |
| Highlights | Imperial Easter eggs, silver, enamel | Old masters, antiquities, state rooms | Interiors, private theatre, the Rasputin story |
| Closed | Never | Mondays | See the palace page |
| Ticket | 700 ₽ | 1,200 ₽ in the daytime | Own ticket |
| Time needed | 1–1.5 h | 3 h+ | 1.5–2 h |

The Hermitage is the must-see. Fabergé makes the best second museum: compact, open every day and ten minutes from Nevsky. For another private palace interior, compare it with the [Yusupov Palace](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/yusupov-palace).

## St Petersburg palaces compared

Every palace in St Petersburg rated by YesGo.

- [State Hermitage Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/hermitage) — YesGo score 76/100 (Yes, go) · 3 h · 500–1,200 ₽
- [Mikhailovsky Castle](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/mikhailovsky-castle) — YesGo score 54/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h 30 min · ≈ 700 ₽
- [Peterhof](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/peterhof) — YesGo score 50/100 (Yes, go) · 4 h · Lower Park from 2,000 ₽ for foreign visitors
- [Yusupov Palace on the Moika](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/yusupov-palace) — YesGo score 47/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · from 950 ₽
- [State Russian Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/russian-museum) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h 30 min · from 700 ₽
- [Catherine Palace](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/catherine-palace) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 3 h · 2,200 ₽ for foreign visitors
- [Fabergé Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/faberge-museum) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · 700 ₽
- [Yelagin Island](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/yelagin-island) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · Free weekdays, 200 ₽ at weekends
- [Oranienbaum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/oranienbaum) — YesGo score 28/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 3 h · Park 1,100 ₽, palace 1,800 ₽
- [Pavlovsk Palace and Park](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/pavlovsk-palace) — YesGo score 20/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 3 h · Palace 800 ₽, park 300 ₽

## Fabergé and the centre in half a day

Walk down Nevsky to the Fontanka, give the Fabergé Museum 90 minutes, then take Italyanskaya Street ten minutes to the Russian Museum and on to the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood and the Summer Garden.

1. [Nevsky Prospekt](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/nevsky-prospect) — YesGo score 65/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h 30 min · Free
2. [Fabergé Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/faberge-museum) — YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · 700 ₽
3. [State Russian Museum](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/russian-museum) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h 30 min · from 700 ₽
4. [Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/church-of-the-savior-on-spilled-blood) — YesGo score 75/100 (Yes, go) · 45 min · 700 ₽, under 7 free
5. [Summer Garden](https://yesgo.io/russia/saint-petersburg/summer-garden) — YesGo score 46/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free

## Good to know

Not to be confused with the Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany — a separate private museum — or with Fabergé-brand jewellery boutiques. Moscow has no Fabergé museum; its imperial eggs are in the Kremlin Armoury.

## Tips

- Go straight to the Blue Room if time is short — the eggs are the point; the rest takes 40–50 minutes.
- Turn up at 10:00 on a weekday to have the egg cases to yourself.
- Use it on a Monday, when the Hermitage is closed, or a Tuesday, when the Russian Museum is.
- In summer the palace courtyard has a terrace — a good pause after the visit.
- Walk two minutes to the Anichkov Bridge afterwards for the bronze horse tamers and the view down the Fontanka.

## Questions

### How much is a ticket to the Fabergé Museum?

700 ₽. Schoolchildren and full-time students pay 350 ₽, children under 7 go free. The English audio guide is 300 ₽ and the museum’s 60-minute guided session 1,300 ₽.

### What are the Fabergé Museum opening hours?

Daily 10:00–20:45 with no closing day. The ticket desk is open 9:30–20:15, and entry stops 30 minutes before closing.

### How many Fabergé eggs does the museum have?

Nine imperial Easter eggs plus several made for private clients. The Hen egg has been held in the UK since 2022, so eight imperial eggs may be on display.

### How long do you need at the Fabergé Museum?

About 90 minutes for the whole permanent collection, or an hour if you focus on the Blue Room and a few other rooms.

### Is there an English audio guide?

Yes — 300 ₽, in eight languages including English. The online version runs on your phone with a code that is valid only on the day you pay.

### Can you take photos in the Fabergé Museum?

Yes, personal photography is allowed, but no flash. Some temporary exhibitions may have stricter rules.

### How do I get to the Fabergé Museum by metro?

Go to Gostiny Dvor or Nevsky Prospekt station and walk east along Nevsky to the Anichkov Bridge. Turn left along the Fontanka before crossing — about 10 minutes.

### Can I pay with a foreign card?

No. Visa and Mastercard cards issued abroad don’t work in Russia, so bring roubles in cash or have a hotel or tour operator book your ticket.

### Is the Fabergé Museum part of the Hermitage?

No. It is a private museum run by the Link of Times foundation, with separate tickets and no weekly closing day.

## How we checked

Hours, prices, concessions, the audio guide, guided sessions, photo and bag rules and the room plan come from the official museum website on 29.10.2026. The site says most discounts are for Russian and Belarusian citizens, with exceptions including schoolchildren and students — that is how we read who can use the 350 ₽ ticket. Sources differ on the egg count: nine in the collection (English and Russian Wikipedia), but Russian Wikipedia adds that the Hen egg has been held in the UK since 2022; we found no report of its return, so we say “nine in the collection, possibly eight on display”. The official site does not state the language of its guided sessions. Walking times from the metro and Palace Square are our estimate from the map, and the card-payment note is marked “verifying” because the museum doesn’t list accepted payment methods.

## Sources

- Official Fabergé Museum website: opening hours, tickets, visitor rules, exhibition plan, exhibitions, online audio guide, 29.10.2026
- English Wikipedia: Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg; Wikidata Q17489369
- Russian Wikipedia: Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg; Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace
- Rossiyskaya Gazeta: opening of the Fabergé Museum, 19 November 2013
- The Art Newspaper: V&A Fabergé loans and UK sanctions, March and May 2022
- Visa and Mastercard statements on suspending operations in Russia, March 2022

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