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Joint Exercises for the Museum Security Service and National Guard Units
On 7 August 2020, staff of the State Hermitage’s Museum Security Service conducted a training exercise in conjunction with units of the National Guard of Russia from the city’s Petrograd and Central Districts.
Read onCancellation of the Contract for Restoration of the Exchange Building with Geoizol
On 3 August 2020, after discussion of all aspects of possible cooperation between the State Hermitage and the company OOO “Geoizol”, it was decided by mutual agreement to cancel the contract concluded on 24 July 2020 for the performance of work to restore and adapt for modern-day utilization of the
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The Hermitage is beginning the sale of online tickets for guided tours of the Main Museum Complex and General Staff building in groups of five people
From 7 August 2020, the State Hermitage is resuming guided tours of the Main Museum Complex and General Staff building for groups (of no more than 5 persons).
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The Hermitage is resuming guided tours of the Diamond Rooms
From 1 August it will be possible to visit the State Hermitage with a guided tour of the Diamond Rooms of the Treasure Gallery.
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Farewell to the White Nights. Lamp-Lighting Ceremony
On 30 July 2020, the Farewell to the White Nights ceremony took place in an online format focussed on the courtyard of the Large Hermitage.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky participated in the international online project Museum Mondays on the channel Viking.TV
On 27 July 2020, Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky participated in the international online project Museum Mondays on the British-based channel Viking-TV.
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Mikhail Piotrovsky on the results of the second week of reopening at the Hermitage
Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, recorded a video addressed to museum visitors.
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New Issue of the Hermitage Magazine
A new issue of the Hermitage magazine has been published (Hermitage 21st Century Foundation, No 30, Summer 2020). It is devoted to the culture and art of Finland and the Hermitage’s collection of works by Finnish artists.
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Museum 15/24. The Russian members of the International Youth Consultative Board meet with Hermitage specialists
On 22 July 2020, as part of the Russian-Dutch project Museum 15/24, an online meeting took place between Russian members of the International Youth Consultative Board (IYCB) and scholarly specialists from the State Hermitage.
Read onDeadline for entries in the Museum Lighting category of the Golden Photon Award extended
In 2020, the State Hermitage became a partner of the Eurasian Golden Photon Award. This is the main prize for this branch of industry, designed to help consumers orientate themselves in the lighting and electrical products market.
Read onMikhail Piotrovsky on the Results of the First Week of Receiving Visitors in the Hermitage
Mikhail Piotrovsky. General Director of the State Hermitage, addressed visitors to the museum, reporting on the results of the Hermitage’s first week working under new conditions.
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The Gold Rooms and Gems of the Archaeological Collection
From 23 July, the State Hermitage is offering the opportunity to take a guided tour of the Gold Rooms, part of the museum’s Treasure Gallery, and also to view gems of the Hermitage’s archaeological collection and artistic arms from the East.
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On 23 July 2020 children, students and large families will have free-of-charge entry to the Hermitage
The State Hermitage is declaring 23 July 2020 a day of free-of-charge entry for children, students and large families (with three or more children under 18).
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A new video in the Pearls of the Collection project: “Bouquets of flowers made from precious stones by Jérémie Pauzié”
On 20 July 2020, a new video came out in the Pearls of the Collection cycle. In it, Olga Grigoryevna Kostiuk, the head of the State Hermitage’s Department of Western European Applied Art, tells about the amazing bouquets in the Hermitage’s collection of jewellers’ works that were fashioned from prec
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The State Hermitage Museum is receiving visitors again!
On 15 July 2020, the State Hermitage reopened to visitors. General Director Mikhail Piotrovsky addressed the museum’s guests by video:
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Mikhail Piotrovsky checked the Hermitage before it reopened to visitors
On 14 July 2020, the day before the museum began receiving visitors again, Mikhail Piotrovsky conducted a final check of the Hermitage’s readiness for reopening.
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Cultured Isolation. Results
From 17 March 2020, when visitors stopped being allowed into the museum, to the present moment, the total number of views for videos broadcast on the State Hermitage’s social networks has reached more than 44,000,000, and if we add in the visits to the Virtual Tour section of the museum website, the
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The exhibition “ ‘I founded therein my royal palace.’ Assyrian Art from the British Museum” can be visited free of charge from 15 July!
From 15 July, the temporary exhibition “ ‘I founded therein my royal palace.’ Assyrian Art from the British Museum” will reopen to visitors.
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The Hermitage is beginning to sell online tickets
From 9 July 2020, the State Hermitage is beginning the sale of electronic entry tickets allowing individuals to visit the museum.
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Return to the Hermitage. Press Tour of the Museum
On 8 July 2020, a press tour was given in the Hermitage devoted to the emergence from isolation and imminent resumption of the reception of visitors. Around 80 representatives of the Saint Petersburg and national news media visited the museum in order to tell people about how the Hermitage will be w
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