Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum
Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum
Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum
4.5
Wednesday
10:30 - 18:30
Thursday
10:30 - 18:30
Friday
10:30 - 18:30
Saturday
10:30 - 18:30
Sunday
10:30 - 18:30
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1 contribution
Jun 2024 • Solo
I'm a pensioner from Moscow in a museum I haven't been there yet, but honestly I don't want to go there anymore. Going on vacation to Sestroretsk a week later, I decided to buy a ticket to Penate on the site of the estate museum, but accidentally clicked the wrong way and mistakenly purchased a ticket to a children's quest for 1,000 rubles. Of course, I am to blame, mistaken, rushed. Wrote a refund application halfway through the ticket purchase. At first, the staff didn't respond to my return letter at all, but I did manage to call this office and they promised to return the money. Today I got 500 rubles instead of a thousand!!!! Explanation- 100% refund is only possible if the ticket is returned at least 10 days in advance!!! Well, I originally bought it in a week - crazy nonsense. Maybe there's someone who buys tickets to this barn a month or a year in advance.
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Written 26 June 2024
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Evgeny_Maltsev
Moscow, Russia104 contributions
May 2014 • Friends
It's an old strange house fully rebuilt after the WW2nd. There is nothing interesting there even if you are a fan of Iliya Repin. I recommend to visit this place only if you are somewhere around and you'd like to spend/kill half an hour on something you don't really care what.
Written 8 June 2014
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Steve P
Tromso, Norway5 contributions
Sept 2019
Penates is a great place. We got into Repin after visiting Art museum in Moscow and wanted to see his private mansion in St Petersburg. Our guide suggested we go there. We have never regretted it, it is a short drive (approx 45 minutes from our hotel) away and the place is absolutely empty - no crowds, nothing. Pine trees everywhere, almost by the ocean. Come see this place if you come to St Petersburg
Written 14 December 2019
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Inna K
St. Petersburg, Russia130 contributions
Feb 2013 • Family
I strongly recommend to visit this museum to everyone. Ilya Repin was a gifted artist.There were outstanding people among the guests at his house. The family had unusual traditions and you will know about them when you listen to your guide and enjoy the immaculate story of the artist's biography. Old video will be demonstrated after the excursion. Look at the special round table in the dining-room. The museum appealed to our children as well. We would gladly see how it looks in summer and have a nice warm promenade in its beautiful garden!
Written 24 October 2013
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Matteo L
Verbanya, Vukovarsko-Srijemska, Croatia26 contributions
Aug 2013
Very interesting home-museum, beautiful building, nice garden. After visit, cross main road and enjoy time on the dunes and beach on gulf of Finland.Very funny stories happened in the house: go there and discover!
Written 25 August 2013
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runesOsloRunes
Oslo, Norway195 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
Went here today. Needed to take guided your to see inside the house. Absolutely worth it. Interesting to learn about an artist who was lucky to experience becoming famous and recognized internationally while he was still alive. The park can be visited without a fee.
Written 15 August 2019
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Lana-Banana-199
3 contributions
Feb 2017 • Friends
Really interesting and special museum, especially for those who are familiar with the works of Ilya Repin and those who are interested in the era. They have audio tours in a lot of languages, which is lovely. The ladies at the museum are friendly and willing to help even though most of them only speak Russian. Would definitely recommend!
Written 25 February 2017
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Lorna W
Cheltenham, UK75 contributions
Sept 2014 • Couples
The Penates estate bought by Ilya Repin, one of Russia's greatest realist painters of the 19th century, was, when he bought it, in Finland in Kuokkala. In 1948 the area became Russian and the town renamed Repino in his memory. While only able to view his home externally the mainly glass studio, still with much evidence of his tools and equipment, was easily visible. The gardens with their "follies" - wooden structures representing the " temple of Isis and Osirus" and the Sheharezade Tower to name but two. Set in woodland with towering conifers and deciduous trees , herbaceous borders flowering in profusion , and meandering streams it is easy to see why Repin chose to be buried here when he died in 1930. After the hustle of St Petersburg, and on the warm sunny day we visited it was idyllic. A glimpse of rural Russia with the Gulf of Finland just across the road. Aparently Repin was to art what Tolstoy was to literature at that time and the visit has stimulated us to get better acquainted with this artist.
Written 17 September 2014
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AlbertSalichs
Manresa, Spain24,028 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
Penates is a museum located in Repino, a city located farther North than St. Petersburg, in the Russian Federation. The city was called Kuokkala (a Finish name), but in the middle of 20th Century, it was renowned as Repino, because the painter Ilya Repin lived here. The museum is surrounded by a garden/forest, where you can walk and relax. Pitifully, we arrived there at evening, when the museum was closed, so we only walk around the gardens. Nice.
Written 25 September 2019
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Mark M
Ada, MI511 contributions
Jul 2019 • Friends
Make sure they know what language you speak best. Each stop on the tour inside the home has a short interesting pre-recorded talk. If you don’t ask, all will, of course, be in Russian. We asked for English which thoroughly enlivened the visit. A great artist made more personal and human.
Written 5 July 2019
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Открыта ли территория усадьбы в понедельник-вторник? Возможнол ли погулять вокруг дома-музея и по парку?
Written 19 August 2020
Понедельник и вторник-выходные дни. В любой другой день вы можете погулять по парку , посмотреть дом. Вообщем, получить удовольствие. Через дорогу можно потом спуститься к Финскому заливу. Не забудьте купить что-нибудь перекусить и попить заранее.
Written 20 August 2020
Пенаты: взрослый билет - 200руб., льготные - 100 руб.
Written 26 October 2017
Взрослый 200р., дети до 16 - бесплатно, с 16 лет и студенты - 100 р.
Written 25 October 2017
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