Immortal Beauty: State Hermitage Museum Celebrates 250th Anniversary
Immortal Beauty: State Hermitage Museum Celebrates 250th Anniversary
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On December 7, 2014, the Russian State Hermitage Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, celebrates its 250th anniversary. To mark the... 07.12.2014, Sputnik International
On December 7, 2014, the Russian State Hermitage Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, celebrates its 250th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the museum will offer free admission to all visitors on December 10.
On December 7, 2014, the Russian State Hermitage Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, celebrates its 250th anniversary.
The Russian State Hermitage Museum was founded in 1764, when Russian Empress Catherine the Great purchased an art collection containing 225 paintings from Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky, a Prussian merchant.
Above: The Jordan Staircase at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg.
Originally, the museum collections were stored in a single building, the Small Hermitage. Today, the museum complex consists of a number of buildings along the Palace Embankment and its surroundings.
Above: Visitors at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg.
Five buildings which form the main hub of the museum - the Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Hermitage Theater - are open to the public.
Above: Visitors at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg.
Soon after the beginning of WWI, the Imperial Collection of jewelry, originally kept in the Winter Palace, was moved to Moscow for safekeeping, where it eventually became a part of the 'Diamond Fund'.
Above: A hall of the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg.
In recent years, the Hermitage Museum launched a number of branch museums, both at home (in Kazan, Vyborg, Vladivostok) and abroad (in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain).
Above: A hall of the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg.
On December 7, 2014, the Russian State Hermitage Museum celebrates its 250th anniversary. To mark this occasion, the museum will offer free admission to all visitors on December 10.
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