Central Naval Museum
Central Naval Museum
4.5
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Neighbourhood: Admiralteisky
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4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles259 reviews
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DollyBirdScotland
Scotland480 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2019
This museum is enormous and is packed with models of the Russian/Soviet fleet right up to recent times. You'd need a guided tour to get the real details and even then it is too vast to take in on a single trip but the models alone are worth a look. What we also liked was the art displayed alongside. The paintings depict key battles and events and give you some perspective of Russian naval history so you can get a sense of the history. We felt it deserves a few visits really and certainly made us think about reading up on the subject matter. Would love an audio guide, I guess they'll get there as there is a lot to cover. The cafe is a real treat too.
Written 2 October 2019
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Sallyanne T
Morwell, Australia246 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2019 • Couples
Large museum with many exhibits. Beautiful displays of replica ships and boats, cannons and missiles, paintings, flags and other memorabilia. Took almost 2 hours to look around. Good way to spend and afternoon
Written 7 August 2019
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Scooter12309
Niskayuna, NY153 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Family
We liked this one. Not much of it was in English, but we could have paid for a audio tour. Lots of models that shows development of Russian Naval fleet. Modern building.
Written 26 June 2019
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travlinron2014
Dallas, GA17 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019 • Solo
No English on the exhibits, only Russian.

The audio guide is a terrible idea. it costs as much as the entrance and:

1. it only covers about 1/10th of the rooms
2. it difficult to use. it comes with a guide and you click on numbers, but the numbers DO NOT EXIST in the museum. you must guess from the pictures
3. it is often completely WRONG. there was a picture of a one decked boat, and the audio started out with "This 84 gun warship....". Nonsense. This was true for about 50% of the items!

I complained to someone who spoke English. They tried different maps and different devices. All did the same thing.

Only good thing - I requested my money back and received it.

This museum should be ONLY for those interested in seeing ship models. For them - 3 of 10. Everyone else, 1 of 10.
Written 10 June 2019
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Hadyn P
Farnham, UK73 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Couples
This is a wonderful museum, full of models and exhibits that describes the evolution of the Russian navy from Peter the Great to the modern day.
But, oh dear, it is not friendly to foreigners. There is no signage or information in English, French or other languages and even all the Russian display information is only in cyrillic script so doubly difficult for a foreigner.
Audio headsets are meant to be available, but no. Such a pity. It is a great museum, but clearly for Russians only.
Written 29 March 2019
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Zeper
Utrecht, The Netherlands61 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Couples
Starting with Peter the great, after his ship building studies in the Netherlands until now. The museum gives a full historical overview. Interesting en beautiful displayed.
Written 23 March 2019
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Kostis
Ioannina, Greece45 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2019 • Solo
The museum is nice, well-organized and maintained, and the collection meets modern standards of presentation. The vast majority of tags were sadly only in Russian, and the very few that were translated into English have probably gone through google translate. Not knowing Russian, it took less than 2 hours to see everything. If you know the language, I would allow for more time.
Written 30 January 2019
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Thank you for visiting us! We will fix this problem as soon as possible
Written 31 January 2019
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Critical Curator
World110 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2018 • Couples
As a curator it breaks my heart when I visit a museum with such an incredible building and collection with terrible customer service and no visitor amenities. No English language audio guide available the day we visited, no English language labels, and no English speaking staff. No gift shop or cafe. Stunning building, incredible ship models (if we only knew what this labels said!) and a great way to frustrate yourself. If you can find a private guide who can take you through I'm guessing you will learn an amazing amount of Russian history. Otherwise skip.
Written 1 October 2018
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norgeva
St. Petersburg, Russia1 051 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2018 • Family
I'm not personally into naval history. But this museum was quite extensive and had a lot to offer. Although, beware of ticket prices! Foreigners are charged double!
Written 23 August 2018
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Allkuans
Singapore, Singapore977 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2018 • Family
As with so many Russian museums, English texts here are kept to the barest minimum. We were severely disappointed when the staff signaled to me that no English audioguide is available during my visit. I do not know if she’s meant it was never available at all or unavailable on this day only.

This naval museum is excellently curated with ship models with details which are very accurately depicted. There are actual pieces from the ships which can fit into the museum like guns, gauges, shells, torpedoes etc.

The history of Russian navy is very well and impartially presented.
We visited another excellent museum, the new Russia-My History Museum, the relevant authorities must get the language translation done soon.
Written 23 March 2018
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