Admission to the General Staff Building
Visitors can enter the General Staff Building from Palace Square.
The entrances to the exhibitions are fitted with turnstiles.
The admission ticket entitles a visitor to one-way access through the turnstiles to the museum premises.
The cloakroom can be found beyond the turnstiles.
The General Staff Building premises are equipped with lifts and elevators.
Visitors must not bring into the Museum large items of luggage such as bags, briefcases, rucksacks and umbrellas. Food and drinks are also not permitted.
Plan of the General Staff Building
Visitors are advised to use several ways of finding their way around the buildings and halls of the General Staff Building:
1. Picking up a floor plan from the information desks;
2. Making a virtual tour of the General Staff Building.
Audio guide
Audio guides for exploring the General Staff Building are available in Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
You can pick an audio guide up from the audio guide desk in the General Staff Building, opposite the ticket offices.
Charges:
350 RUB (Russian), 500 RUB (foreign language).
You must leave a deposit of 2000 RUB or an ID (except your passport).
Café
The General Staff Building café can be found before the check point. If you plan to visit the café, you are advised to do it before or after visiting the exhibitions, since the admission ticket entitles a visitor to a single pass through the turnstiles to the museum premises.
Photography and video filming
In permanent exhibition spaces photography without flash and a stand, or a monopod is permitted.
In temporary exhibition spaces photography and video filming are not permitted, since these exhibitions may display art objects on loan from other collections.
5000 RUB – the cost of a ticket for amateur wedding or costume photographs and video filming for groups of up to 5 people (admission ticket required). You may only do this with stands fitted with light modifiers to prevent the floor damage but without special lighting including flash.
