You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, C-189 Submarine Museum, or Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum. Russian Admiralty, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and Admiralty Building are monuments to see when you're exploring the area around St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. You can watch performances at Mariinsky Theatre, Alexandrinsky Theatre, and Bolshoi Saint Petersburg State Circus if you're interested in local theater.