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The State Hermitage informs
On 7 June 2019, due to the holding of a special event, access through Shuvalov Passage (connecting Millionnaya Street to Palace Embankment) will be closed to the public.
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Opening of the exhibition “Forbidden Fruit. Sculptor Chris Antemann at MEISSEN”
On 4 June 2019, the exhibition “Forbidden Fruit. Sculptor Chris Antemann at MEISSEN” was formally opened in the General Staff building, presenting works by a contemporary artist created in collaboration with the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory.
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General Meeting of the Union of Museums of Russia
On 1 June 2019, the Tsaritsyno Museum-Preserve was the venue for a general meeting of the Union of Museums of Russia. Representatives of more than 230 museums belonging to the Union took part in the gathering as well as Vladimir Medinsky, the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation.
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Plenary Session of the 12th International Peter the Great Congress
On 31 May 2019, the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for the opening ceremony and plenary session of the 12th International Peter the Great Congress organized by the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Dmitry Likhachev Foundation, the Peter the Great Institute and a number of other institutions a
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Opening of the exhibition “Leonard da Vinci’s Madonna and Child (the Benois Madonna). From the collection of the State Hermitage” at the Pinacoteca Civica “Bruno Molajoli” in Fabriano, Italy
On 1 June 2019, the Teatro Gentile da Fabriano was the setting for the formal opening ceremony of the exhibition “Leonard da Vinci’s Madonna and Child (the Benois Madonna). From the collection of the State Hermitage”.
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International Theoretical and Practical Conference on “Fashion and Design”
On 30 May 2019, the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre hosted a session of the 22nd International Theoretical and Practical Conference on “Fashion and Design: Historical Experience – New Technologies” that has been by the State Hermitage jointly with the Russian Ethnographic Museum and
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12th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography
On 28–30 May 2019, the State Hermitage hosted the 12th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography
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The Hermitage at the Intermuseum 2019 Festival
On 30 May 2019, the 21st Intermuseum international festival opened in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow.
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Closing Event of the Season at the Hermitage Friends’ Club
On May 29, 2019 the International Hermitage Friends’ Club closed the 2018/2019 season with the meeting dedicated to the exhibition Gods, Men, Heroes. From the Museo Archeologico Nationale di Napoli and the Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
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Венецианская биеннале: студенческая версия. 28 мая 2019
28 мая в Главном штабе прошел ежегодный праздник Студенческого клуба к завершению учебного года.
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New instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s TV series Hermitage: “Thus Spake Zarathustra”
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “Thus Spake Zarathustra”.
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The Museum Celebrates another Day of the Hermitage Cat
On 25 and 26 May 2019, despite the inclement weather, visitors to the event, both small and large, painted huge plywood cats under the guidance of the celebrated artist Dmitry Shagin, who caringly helped his charges to realize their ideas.
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Hermitage Days in Sofia
On 24 May 2019, the Hermitage Days in Sofia opened in the National Art Gallery. This is the first time they are being held in the Bulgarian capital.
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Visit of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the State Hermitage
On 21 May 2019, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam paid a visit to the State Hermitage.
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The Hermitage in the Night of Museums
On 18 May 2019, the State Hermitage as usual participated in the international Night of Museums event. The special programme took place at several of the museum’s facilities at once.
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Awards Ceremony for the 20th Children’s Computer Graphics and Animation Competition “Inspired by the myth. Iphigenia in Tauris”
On 19 May 2019, the Large Hall of the School Centre was the venue for the awards ceremony honouring the winners of the 20th Children’s Computer Graphics and Animation Competition – “Inspired by the myth. Iphigenia in Tauris” devoted to the Year of the Theatre.
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The Hermitage at the Venice Biennale 2019
On 8 May 2019, in the Giardini, the park that is the location of the largest national pavilions at the Venice Biennale of contemporary art, the opening of the exhibition entitled Lc. 15: 11-32 took place in the Russian pavilion. The display is entirely devoted to the Hermitage, one of the world’s la
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Saint Petersburg named the Museum Capital of Russia
For International Museum Day, which is celebrated on 18 May each year, the TurStat analytical agency compiled a rating of the cities in Russia with the most interesting museums. Saint Petersburg took first place.
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Meeting of the Russian participants in the International Youth Consultative Board of the Museum 15/24 project
On 18 May 2019, International Museum Day, ten young people from Russia gathered at the State Hermitage to participate in the first session of the International Youth Consultative Board (IYCB) of the Russian-Dutch project Museum 15/24.
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Meeting of the European part of the Bizot Group
On 16 and 17 May 2019, the Tate Modern museum in London hosted the latest meeting of the European part of the Bizot Group, an informal association of the world’s leading museums that engage in organizing international exhibitions. Mikhail Piotrovsky, the Director of the Hermitage, attended.
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