St Petersburg's Museum of Music is situated in the former palace of the Sheremetevs, which was built in the mid-18th century on land granted to the noble family by Peter the Great. It remained in the hands of the Sheremetevs until the Revolution when it was turned into a museum of Russian nobility. In 1989 it was transferred to the State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Culture and turned into a museum of music, displaying  hundreds of musical instruments.  The state rooms of the Sheremetev Place have also been preserved.