You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art, C-189 Submarine Museum, or Cigar Museum. St. Isaac's Cathedral, Admiralty Building, and Strelka are monuments to see when you're exploring the area around St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. You can watch performances at Mariinsky Theatre, Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, and Baltic House Theatre if you're interested in local theater.