Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg Museum

Address: Fontanka Embankment 21, St. Petersburg, Russia

Website: https://fabergemuseum.ru/en

The Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg is a private museum housed in the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka Embankment that opened in 2013. Its collection focuses on objects produced by the House of Fabergé, including jeweled objects, clocks and decorative art made for aristocratic and imperial patrons.

The museum is particularly noted for its holdings of Imperial Easter eggs and for a broad selection of Fabergé work across media and scales. Galleries present the objects in restored palace rooms and through thematic and chronological displays.

The collection was assembled by a private foundation and made available to the public with the opening of the museum in the Shuvalov Palace. The site is located in central Saint Petersburg on the Fontanka River, within the city’s historic core.

• Collection highlights: Houses one of the largest private Fabergé collections in the world and includes multiple Imperial Easter eggs.

What to See#

• Imperial Eggs Gallery: A gallery displaying the collection of Imperial Easter eggs, including multiple works produced by the House of Fabergé for the Russian imperial family.
• Decorative arts and palace rooms: Rooms and period interiors inside the Shuvalov Palace that present decorative arts, clocks, jewelry and small-scale metalwork by Fabergé and contemporaries.
• Temporary exhibitions and education: Temporary exhibition spaces and educational displays that contextualize the late Imperial Russian decorative arts tradition.

• By metro and on foot: The Fabergé Museum is in central Saint Petersburg near Nevsky Prospekt. The nearest metro stations are Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor or Admiralteyskaya; from either station it’s typically a 5-10 minute walk to the museum.

• By car/taxi: Central St. Petersburg is served by major radial roads; taxis are a convenient way to reach the museum from the rail terminals and city centre.

• Book a timed‑entry ticket online and aim for an early‑morning visit to avoid the large midday crowds that arrive from cruise ships and tour buses.
• Focus time on the imperial Fabergé eggs and the state room displays-these are the museum's highlights and can get crowded, so see them first.
• Ask at the desk about guided talks or multimedia resources on the collection; these explain provenance and craftsmanship details that many visitors miss when only skimming the displays.