 |
 |
|
The State Hermitage Museum The museum was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great as a court museum. 225 pictures of the Dutch and Flemish schools, which were bought by Catherine in Berlin, mark the beginning of the collection. Originally, the museum served as a private gallery for the art amassed by the empress. For displaying the rapidly growing art collections the new buildings, adjacent to the palace, were built during the 18-19th centuries.The museum was opened for public in 1863. Following the October Revolution of 1917, the imperial collections became public property. At these days, one of the world’s greatest art collections (it numbers over three million items) is housed within 1057 rooms of five interconnected buildings along the Neva river, including the Winter Palace, the Small, Old, and New Hermitages, and the Theatre. Unfortunately, even their enormous inner space is not enough to house the whole collection, the larger part of which is still kept in storerooms.    Max number of visitors in a group – 40 persons Open: 10:30 – 18:00, Sun 10:30-17:00 Closed on Mondays Address: Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya, 34 Entrance from Dvortsovaya ploschad (square) Nearest metro station: Nevsky Prospect Phone: +7 (812) 710 90 79 www.hermitage.ru
Last update: 01.06.2006
|
© 2015 COMINTOUR
|
 |
Tel.: 007 (812) 324-54-78
Fax : 007 (812) 740-13-12 E-mail: cominto@mail.wplus.net  Designed by — WebCom ART
|