Museum of Urban Sculpture
Museum of Urban Sculpture is a museum in Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Museum of Urban Sculpture is situated nearby to Tikhvin Cemetery, as well as near the metro station Ploschad‘ Aleksandra Nevskogo 2.Photo: Vitold Muratov, CC BY 3.0.
- Email: monument.mgs@gmail.com
- Type: Museum
- Description: sculpture museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as: “Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ gorodskoĭ skulʹptury (Saint Petersburg, Russia)”, “State Museum of Urban Sculpture”, and “The Museum of Urban Sculpture”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tikhvin Cemetery and Ploschad‘ Aleksandra Nevskogo 2.
Tikhvin Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Glvinn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tikhvin Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and is one of four cemeteries in the complex.
Ploschad‘ Aleksandra Nevskogo 2
Metro station
Photo: Paramecium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo II is a station on the Line 4 of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on December 30, 1985.
Ploschad‘ Aleksandra Nevskogo 1
Metro station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo I is a station on the Nevsko–Vasileostrovskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on 3 November 1967. Ploschad‘ Aleksandra Nevskogo 1 is situated 120 metres northeast of Museum of Urban Sculpture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Center and Apraksin Dvor.
Center
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.
Apraksin Dvor
Suburb
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project. Apraksin Dvor is situated 3 km west of Museum of Urban Sculpture.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 5 km northwest of Museum of Urban Sculpture.
Museum of Urban Sculpture
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.92283° or 59° 55′ 22″ northLongitude
30.38489° or 30° 23′ 6″ eastOpen location code
9GFGW9FM+4XOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q576071
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Museum of Urban Sculpture” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Gosudarstvennyj muzej gorodskoj skul‘ptury (Petrohrad, Rusko)”
- French: “musée d’État de sculpture de la ville de Saint-Pétersbourg”
- French: “Musée d’État de sculpture de la ville de Saint-Pétersbourg”
- German: “Staatliches Museum für städtische Skulptur”
- Russian: “Государственный музей городской скульптуры”
- Russian: “Музей городской скульптуры”
- Ukrainian: “Державний музей міської скульптури”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Second Lavrsky Bridge and First Lavrsky Bridge.
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