Address: Aleksandrovsky Park 7
Metro: Gorkovskaya
Telephone/Fax: 238-47-04
Telephone: 233-03-82

Open: Wednesday to Sunday,
11 am to 6 pm. Closed Tuesday
Admission:
Adults: 20,000 rubles
Students: 15,000 rubles

Displaying an enormous collection of arms and artillery weapons from the Middle Ages to the present day, this museum is located just across a narrow canal from the Peter and Paul Fortress. It is a great place to visit with your kids: they will particularly enjoy the open air exhibition of artillery and missile launchers in the museum's yard. Inside one will find a slightly old-fashioned collection of military memorabilia, temporary exhibitions, a nice little shop stocked with models of weapons and miniature soldiers and a cafe.

This summer a temporary exhibit presents "The Attack" - a terrific painting by V. Vereschagin, one of Russia's leading artists of the late 19^th century. While being a military artist, Vereschagin remained a staunch pacifist and introduced the general public to the horrors of war. His "Attack" was painted in 1881 and reflected an episode of the third storming of Plevna, a Turkish fort in Bulgaria.