Muzei Kukol (The Doll Museum)

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• The St. Petersburg Doll Museum on Vassilievsky Island, alongside the Smolenka river, is a cozy museum that holds a permanent as well as temporary exhibitions of dolls, puppets and children's toys. There is a small workshop where you can see art school students at work. Most of their produce goes to souvenir markets and art shops, but can also be checked out and bought for peanuts on the spot at the museum's store. You can buy a beautiful doll with a porcelain face and dressed in traditional costume for little money. Some of the exhibits are real masterpieces created by St. Petersburg's best artists. Just so you know, the infamous dual pricing system does not apply to this museum. All visitors, no matter whether they are foreign or local, pay the same.
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