St Petersburg's Museum of Applied Art was founded in 1876 as part of the Aleksandr von Stieglitz Technical Drawing School, which today is the St Petersburg State Art and Industrial Academy. The building of the museum itself is one of the main highlights.  Its central hall stands under a glass roof and other smaller rooms are decorated in various historical styles. The actual exhibits themselves include thousands of examples of furniture, traditional Russian tiled ovens, metalwork, carvings, porcelain and reliefs.