Tick off the 1 must see in st petersburg introduce yourself to 3 million works of art from the stone age to the present century the state hermitage museum in st petersburg is recognised as the best museum in russia and europe the massive collection of the museum must be seen to be believed it occupies five buildings along the neva river 350 rooms of the hermitage sound very inspirational until you know that youd have to cover 20 kilometers and its estimated youd need to spend 11 yea