Peterhof Museum Park

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PETERHOF MUSEUM PARK. Called Petrodvorets State Museum Park in 1944-91, the museum was founded in 1918. It included the palace and park ensemble in the town of Peterhof: the Lower Park and the Upper Park with fountains, a system of canals and pools, landscape parks (English Park, Colonists’ Park and others), the Grand Palace, the Monplaisir Palace, the Marli Palace, the Hermitage, Catherine's Wing and the Bath House, Tsaritsyn Pavilion and Olgin Pavilion, the Belvedere Palace, the English Palace, and a collection of garden sculpture. The halls of the Grand Palace were opened to visitors on 18 May, 1918. Its collection numbers approximately 500 canvases, over 100 sculptures, pieces of decor and furniture. The Monplaisir Palace houses a museum of history and arts. The Marli Palace and the Hermitage were opened by 1941. Nazis destroyed all the main buildings and palaces, felled a considerable number of trees in the parks, destroyed the fountains and conduits, and laid 35,000 mines on the territory of the parks during the period of occupation in September 1941 - January 1944. The restoration works started in 1944. The Lower Park was opened in 1945. A part of fountains was restored by 1946. Samson Fountain was restored and restarted in 1947. This event marked the revival of the City of Leningrad. The Marli Palace and the Hermitage were restored in 1955. The restoration of the Grand Palace and the Grand Cascade was completed by 1958. First exhibitions were opened in the halls of the Grand Palace in 1964. The Cottage Palace was opened in 1980. The museum of history of arts, devoted to the Russian culture of the beginning of the 18th century was opened in the Marli Palace in May 1982. In 2003, the Museum Park included the following museums: the Grand Palace, the Monplaisir Palace, Catherine's Wing, the Bath House, the Marli Palace, the Hermitage, the Cottage Palace, the Museum of the Benois Family, and the Traveller's Palace in Strelna (from 1998). In 1992, the Peterhof Museum Park was included in the list of the most valuable objects of the Russian Federation and in the list of UNESCO monuments. Art exhibitions and exhibitions on history of arts are held here regularly.

References: Раскин А. Г. Петродворец: Дворцы-музеи, парки, фонтаны. Л., 1988.

Y. N. Kruzhnov. the Benois
Раскин А. Г. Петродворец: Дворцы-музеи, парки, фонтаны. Л., 1988 Mon Plaisir Palace (Peterhof)
Hermitage
Grand Cascade (Peterhof)
Museum of the Benois Family
1964