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The Hermitage Has Been Given a PROsystem Unit
In the course of the meeting, Mikhail Piotrovsky was presented on behalf of the Zagreb-based company KAZ with a certificate of donation to the State Hermitage of a PROsystem unit to counter rising damp.
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Special Issue of the Hermitage magazine
In December 2015, for the Hermitage Days – 2015 and the 4th Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum, a special extra edition of the Hermitage magazine has been published.
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Round Table “Heraldry as a Means of Communication. The Concept of a State Hermitage Museum of Heraldry in the Building of the Exchange”
On 15 December 2015, as part of the 4th St Petersburg International Cultural Forum, a round table discussion was held in the State Hermitage on “Heraldry as a Means of Communication.
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Repin and/or Beuys. Wölfflin and/or Derrida. Museum and/or Biennale
The round table of the Hermitage’s Youth Centre on challenges in professional art education in changing times was held on 14 December 2015 as part of the Education section of the 4th Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum.
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Plenary Session of the 4th Saint Petersburg Cultural Forum
On 14 December 2015, the 4th Saint Petersburg Cultural Forum opened. One of the most important events in the agenda of the first day of the Forum was the plenary session in the Atrium of the General Staff building of the State Hermitage.
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“The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi” The Murals of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy
The Concert Hall of the Winter Palace was the venue for the concert evening “The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi” The Murals of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy in the cycle Concert Evenings in the Concert Hall of the Winter Palace. Art and Music. West and East.
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Session of the Restoration Board
On 10 December 2015, a session of the Restoration Board was held in the Council Hall of the State Hermitage.
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Opening of A Research Exhibition School of Leonardo da Vinci
On 10 December 2015, the exhibition-study School of Leonardo da Vinci opened in the State Hermitage, featuring paintings from a private St Petersburg collection: Mary Magdalene by Giampietrino, Madonna and Child and Female Portrait by Italian followers of Leonardo in the late 15th to early 16th cent
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Italian Carnival in the Hermitage
On 10 December 2015, the halls of the Hermitage were the setting for an Italian Carnivala – a special programme for hard-of-hearing and deaf children, timed to coincide with the All-Russian Days of Persons with Disabilities and held within the framework of the State Programme “An Accessible Environm
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Hermitage Days in Novgorod. Musical Archaeology
On 10 December 2015, the Terpandros ensemble of Ancient Greek musical instruments and Vladimir Povetkin’s Centre of Musical Antiquities, the only one of its kind in Russia, presented a concert programme entitled Musical Archaeology in the Academic Hall of the Fine Arts Museum in Veliky Novgorod.
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The Levitsky ‘Light-Painting’ Studio. Early Russian Photography in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum
On 9 December 2015, the exhibition The Levitsky ‘Light-Painting’ Studio. Early Russian Photography in the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum opened in the Picket Hall.
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Opening of the Exhibition Mechanical Curiosities Musical, Clockwork, Animated Mechanisms from the 17th–19th Centuries in the State Hermitage Collection
On 9 December 2015, during the Hermitage Days, the exhibition "Mechanical Curiosities. Musical, Clockwork, Animated Mechanisms from the 17th–19th Centuries in the State Hermitage Collection" opened in the museum.
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Opening Ceremony for the Peter the Great Hall
On 9 December 2015, during the Hermitage Days, after completion of the restoration of the fabric decoration, a ceremony was held to reopen the Peter the Great Hall in the Winter Palace.
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By decree of the President of the Russian Federation №584 of 1 December 2015, for services in the development of the country’s culture and art and long years of productive work, honours have been granted to members of the State Hermitage staff:
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Hermitage Days – 2015 in the Hermitage–Vyborg Centre
While celebrating its birthday, the State Hermitage is giving presents to its partner museums.
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Ceremony Marking St George’s Day
On 9 December 2015, the St George Hall (Large Throne Room) of the Winter Palace was the setting for the traditional ceremony marking Orthodox St George’s Day.
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Best Wishes to Mikhail Piotrovsky on His Birthday
The whole Hermitage community sends its warmest greetings to our director on his birthday.
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The State Hermitage Restoration and Storage Centre Turns 25
Twenty-five years ago, in December 1990, the first stone was laid in the foundation of the State Hermitage’s Repository, beginning construction of the Staraya Derevnya restoration and storage complex.
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Opening of the Permanent Display ”The Jacques Lipchitz Room”
On 8 December 2015, during the Hermitage Days – 2015, in the General Staff building the permanent display of the Jacques Lipchitz Room, prepared by the State Hermitage’s Department of Contemporary Art, was opened.
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Hermitage Days at Staraya Derevnya
On 8 December 2015 celebration of the Hermitage Days – 2015 continued at the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre.
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