The State Hermitage

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The State Hermitage

Phone: спр (812) 571-34-65, экс 571-84-46, 710-90-79

Address: 190000, Saint-Petersburg, 34-36, Dvortsovaya Nabarezhnaya

Location: From "Nevsky Prospect" metro station, take any of the following: bus 7, 10; tram 31; troll. 1, 7, 9, 10

Working hours:* Open every day except Monday, 10.30 am - 6 pm. Ticket office open 10.30 am - 5 pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M106 - official web page
The State Hermitage Museum - W134, official web site www.hermitagemuseum.org

Panoramic sights of the State Hermitage, its interiors and collections - W833 www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_Ru/08/hm88_0.html

E-Mail:

billboard, events and excursions

Description:

The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The collection occupies more than 350 halls in 5 different buildings including the Winter Palace, the former residence of the Russian tsars. The buildings of the Museum alone are by themselves valuable architectural monuments.

The museum collection has over 3 million exhibits from prehistoric to modern times. Especially important are the collections of prehistoric exhibits, Egyptian art, Roman and Greek art, Scythian gold and Western European paintings and sculptures.

Museum's services:
museum shop, museum's caffe, theatre, equipped for people with disabilities

for museum professionals

Administrative phone:
(812) 710-96-04, Fax: (812) 571-90-09

Foundation and opening day:
founded: 1764г.

Organisation status:
Federal

Organization form:
non-for-profit

Organisation type:
culture for society

Classification:
Historical,Painting art

Squares:
permament show rooms 57475м²
museum's store 45000м²

Specific departments:
science library, restoration dep.

Collections volume:
около 3 млн.

Web sites and CD-disks:
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