The gardens of Russian Museum

Over the past few decades the Russian Museum became a complex of ensembles of palaces and gardens in the very centre of Saint Petersburg. Nowadays gardens of Russian Museum affiliate Mikhailovsky palace surrounded by the Mikhailovsky garden. Mikhailovsky (Engineers) Castle with the garden around, two towers – guardhouses – are included into the complex of Mikhailovsky (Engineers) Castle, and the Maple Alley connecting the guardhouses with the Castle, together with the Engineers Public Garden on each side of the Alley.

On the corner of Nevsky prospect and Moika river the splendid Stroganovsky palace is situated. Across the Mars Field on Millionnaya street – strict Marble Palace with the reconstructed winter garden and fountain. The main garden of the Russian Museum is the Summer Garden with the Summer Palace of Peter I. The real highlight – the first building of Saint Petersburg, House of Peter I on the Petrovskaya embankment hidden in the grove of old trees.

The total area of the gardens of Russian Museum and cour d’honneur of the palaces is more than 30 hectares. They all demand the constant concern and maintenance, research and preservation.

In contrast to the magnificent palaces and gardens ensembles of Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Pavlovsk and Gatchina that were initially designed as gardens and parks complexes. The gardens of Russian Museum were incorporated gradually in 21 century. They were transformed from the city overgrown parks into the original imperial gardens that were the beginning of Saint Petersburg.