Retro photos of Saint Petersburg – in the Russian Museum

The Russian Museum (The Stroganov Palace) has opened the exhibition "St. Petersburg from the 1850s to the 1910s in Photographs". Historic events, everyday life of the city, and St. Petersburg places of interest depicted in photographs and postcards of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of the milestone events of this time was the opening of Emperor Alexander III’s Russian Museum on March 7 (19), 1898. The exhibition is free admission with the St. Petersburg CityPass and runs until 5th November.