The Horrors of St. Petersburg is a very interesting phenomenon of the new generation of museum solutions, combining advanced technologies of lighting, holography, projection and interactivity. Its creators tried to move away from the usual concept of the word "museum" and found solutions in which you can get acquainted with the sights of the Northern capital in an unusual way.
How to get to the Museum "The Horrors of St. Petersburg"
This cultural object is located at 86 Marata Street, St. Petersburg (Neptun shopping mall, 2nd floor). Not far from the Zvenigorodskaya metro station. The museum is open from 11:00 to 21:00 any day, and a one-time visit to the exposition is 50 minutes.
The founders of "The Horrors of St. Petersburg" also took care of different pricing policies for entering the museum. Adults will have to pay 1000 rubles, students - 800 rubles, pensioners - 500 rubles, and disabled people - 250 rubles. Visitors with blockade status can view the exposition free of charge.
You don't have to come to the museum to buy a ticket. Its official website provides an opportunity to purchase an electronic pass.
There is also the possibility of organizing group excursions, subject to prior agreement with the management of the "Horrors of St. Petersburg" museum. A visit to it can be an interesting option for organizing an office corporate party, birthday party, school lectures or VIP visits at unusual times.
Museum exposition
The main idea of creating this museum is acquaintance, albeit in an unusual form, with the traditions, legends, myths and sights of St. Petersburg.
From the very day of its foundation - in 2008 - the creators of the museum have paid great attention to light, video and sound effects. For example, the exhibition includes unusual and very believable figures made of wax or other materials, as well as holographic projections, mirror illusions and other wonders of modern technology.
Several years ago, the Horrors of St. Petersburg Museum was included in the official guide to St. Petersburg, where it is indicated as an unusual and at the same time entertaining place for tourists to visit.
The exposition is divided into 13 different rooms, each of which has its own, unique and incomparable atmosphere. The myths and legends of the foggy Northern capital of Russia are recreated with amazing accuracy, as the authors of the action try to immerse the visitor into the atmosphere of the past as much as possible.
For example, the museum has recreated individual scenes from Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman and The Queen of Spades, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Gogol's Nose and Overcoat, as well as many others. To create the desired atmosphere, music is also used by the composers Tchaikovsky, Kuryokhin and Flavitsky.
A visitor to the museum can literally walk through the streets of old St. Petersburg and its nooks with just the help of his developed imagination.
