You'll want to browse the collections at Kirov Apartment Museum, Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, and Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment. While you're exploring, swing by Strelka, Peter and Paul Fortress, and State Hermitage Museum to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Bolshoi Saint Petersburg State Circus, Mariinsky Theatre, and Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.