|
|
Hermitage Museum Address: Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. This ensemble, formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is extended by the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace and the recently constructed Repository. Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Official names Federal Cultural Institution "The State Hermitage" The State Hermitage Legal address Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34 190000 St Petersburg, Russia Director Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky About the collection The collection contains around 3 million exhibit items, including: paintings 16,783 works of graphic art 621,274 sculptures 12,556 works of applied art 298,775 archeological monuments 734,400 numismatics 1,125,323 other exhibit items 144,185 Creation of the museum The museum was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great purchased a collection of Flemish and Dutch paintings (225) from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernest Gotzkowski. Museum Complex The museum's storerooms, exhibitions, departments and services are housed in 10 buildings, 7 of which are monuments of 18th- and 19th-century Russian culture. More The following exhibitions are open to visitors: Main Museum Complex Palace Square, 2 Winter Palace of Peter the Great Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 32 Menshikov Palace Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, 15 Museum of Porcelain Prospekt Obukhovskoi Oborony, 151 Storage Facility of the State Hermitage in Staraya Derevnya Zausadebnaya Street, 37A Website: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
|
|