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The State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is considered to have been founded in 1764, when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of works from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, St. Catherine’s Day.
Location
St Petersburg, Russia
Founded in
2013

Current events

Items from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum and the collection of Y. A. Borisov. Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum
A source of beauty. Art nouveau glass from Lorraine
1 Nov 2024 — 14 Apr 2025
Commemorative coin with a face value of 3 roubles marking the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, 2023. Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum
Marked S.P.B.
23 Oct 2024 — 11 Feb 2025
Hans Ryssenberg, The monstrance by Hans Ryssenberg, exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The monstrance by Hans Ryssenberg
9 Oct 2024 — 2 Feb 2025
Carp, last third of the 18th century. Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum
The masters of Netsuke
3 Oct 2024 — 19 Jan 2025
Excavated by N.I. Veselovsky, Chased plaque in the form of a deer, Kostromskaya Burial mound No 1, 1897. Courtesy of State Hermitage Museum
Epochs, burial mounds, findings
25 Sep 2024 — 26 Jan 2025
Edward Burne-Jones, The adoration of the Magi, 1890. Courtesy of the State Hermitage Museum
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century tapestries
18 Sep — 31 Dec 2024
Various artists, Beauty as rhythm, exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Beauty as rhythm
27 Jul 2024 — 31 Jan 2025
Various artists, Contemporary gemstone carving, exhibition objects. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Contemporary gemstone carving
9 Jul — 31 Dec 2024
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Monument to a lost civilization, exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Monument to a lost civilization
3 Jul 2024 — 1 Jun 2025
Mihály Zichy, The marriage of Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich and Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna on 28 October 1866 in the Great Church of the Winter Palace, 1867. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Wedding ceremonies in Russia
15 Jun 2024 — 30 Mar 2025
Piotr Razumikhin, Portrait of Alexander von Benckendorff. Courtesy of State Hermitage Museum
Diplomat, poet and censor
29 Dec 2023 — 31 Dec 2024
Owned by Imam Saif bin Sultan al-Yarubi (Qaid al-Ard’), Sabre (shamshir), 1675. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Omani empire. Asia and Africa
9 Dec 2023 — 26 Jan 2025
Ivan (Johann) Dipner, Bronze horseman clock, 1835. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Timepieces and musical mechanisms
6 Oct 2022 — 31 Dec 2024

Permanent events

The Culture of the Golden Horde. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture of the Golden Horde
Permanent event
Flemish Painting. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Flemish Painting
Permanent event
Dutch Painting. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Dutch Painting
Permanent event
The Scythian culture of the 7th – 2nd centuries B.C. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Scythian culture of the 7th – 2nd centuries B.C.
Permanent event
The Art of the Hellenistic Era. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of the Hellenistic Era
Permanent event
The Art of India of the 1st – 19th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of India of the 1st – 19th Centuries
Permanent event
The Art of Armenia and Georgia. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Armenia and Georgia
Permanent event
The Art of Medieval Daghestan. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Medieval Daghestan
Permanent event
The Italian Art of the 16th -18th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Italian Art of the 16th -18th Centuries
Permanent event
The Culture of the Middle East in Ancient Times. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture of the Middle East in Ancient Times
Permanent event
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries
Permanent event
German Art of the 15th – 18th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
German Art of the 15th – 18th Centuries
Permanent event
The Russian Interior Decoration. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Russian Interior Decoration
Permanent event
The Art of Japan. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Japan
Permanent event
Russian Culture and Art of the First Half of the 18th Century. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Russian Culture and Art
Permanent event
French Art of the 15th -18th Centuries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
French Art of the 15th -18th Centuries
Permanent event
The Venetian School of Art of the Italian Renaissance. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Venetian School of Art of the Italian Renaissance
Permanent event

Past events

19th and 20th Century Tapestries. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
19th and 20th Century Tapestries
18 Sep 2019 — 27 Dec 2020
Pages from Photographic History. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Pages from Photographic History
12 Oct 2019 — 11 Oct 2020
Leather. Artworks from old Europe. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Leather. Artworks from old Europe
18 Dec 2019 — 26 Apr 2020
An Alliance of the Arts. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
An Alliance of the Arts
25 Dec 2019 — 4 Apr 2020
Tis Potemkin himself! Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Tis Potemkin himself!
8 Dec 2019 — 29 Mar 2020
I founded therein my royal palace. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
I founded therein my royal palace.
10 Dec 2019 — 29 Mar 2020
The Calvatone Victory. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Calvatone Victory
7 Dec 2019 — 8 Mar 2020
Henri Matisse: Jazz. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Henri Matisse: Jazz
31 Dec 2019 — 1 Mar 2020
Winterreise. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Winterreise
22 Nov 2019 — 23 Feb 2020
The Suite of State Rooms in the Winter Palace, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Suite of State Rooms in the Winter Palace
Permanent event
Empress Maria Alexandrovna in the Winter Palace, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Empress Maria Alexandrovna in the Winter Palace
Permanent event
The Nevsky Suite of Rooms, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Nevsky Suite of Rooms
Permanent event
The Culture of the Peoples of South Siberia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture of the Peoples of South Siberia
Permanent event
The Culture of the Caucasus, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture of the Caucasus
Permanent event
The Culture and Art of Pre-Islamic Central Asia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture and Art of Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Permanent event
The Culture and Art of Central Asia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Culture and Art of Central Asia
Permanent event
The Art of Ancient Rome, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Ancient Rome
Permanent event
The Art of Ancient Greece, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Ancient Greece
Permanent event
Russian Culture and Art, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Russian Culture and Art
Permanent event
Italian Renaissance Art, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Italian Renaissance Art
Permanent event
Armourer’s Art of the Middle East. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Armourer’s Art of the Middle East
Permanent event
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia, Exhibition view. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Ancient Relics of the Culture and Art of Eurasia
Permanent event
Glyptics: Past and Present. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Glyptics: Past and Present
17 May — 27 Nov 2019
A Forgotten Russian Patron. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
A Forgotten Russian Patron
26 Jun — 13 Oct 2019
The Morozov Brothers. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Morozov Brothers
21 Jun — 6 Oct 2019
The Alchemy of the Image Max Ernst’s Books. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Alchemy of the Image Max Ernst’s Books
14 Jun — 15 Sep 2019
Forbidden Fruit. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Forbidden Fruit
5 Jun — 1 Sep 2019
Gods, Men, Heroes. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Gods, Men, Heroes
19 Apr — 23 Jun 2019
Glass Made to be Admired. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Glass Made to be Admired
26 Sep 2018 — 12 Apr 2019
Who Invented the Hermitage Logo? Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Who Invented the Hermitage Logo?
17 Feb — 1 Apr 2019
Delicate Designs. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Delicate Designs
23 Nov 2018 — 24 Feb 2019
Brush and Kalam. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Brush and Kalam
28 Nov 2018 — 24 Feb 2019
Temporary Display of Annie Leibovitz’s Photographs. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Temporary Display of Annie Leibovitz’s Photographs
18 Oct 2018 — 21 Jan 2019
The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer
5 Sep 2018 — 13 Jan 2019
Robert Walpole and His Collection. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Robert Walpole and His Collection
29 Sep 2018 — 13 Jan 2019
Imperial Capitals. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Imperial Capitals
5 Oct 2018 — 13 Jan 2019
Art Deco. Courtesy of State Hermitage
Art Deco
2 Jun — 16 Sep 2018
Fantasia in Threads. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Fantasia in Threads
20 Feb — 26 Aug 2018
The Art of Mihály Munkácsy. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Art of Mihály Munkácsy
24 Apr — 29 Jul 2018
Nefertari and the Valley of the Queens. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Nefertari and the Valley of the Queens
16 Jun 2017 — 10 Jan 2018
19th Century German and Austrian Paintings. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
19th Century German and Austrian Paintings
25 Oct 2016 — 31 Dec 2017
Samovar and Basin. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Samovar and Basin
6 Mar — 31 Dec 2017
Storming of the Winter Palace. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Storming of the Winter Palace
20 Apr — 31 Dec 2017
Salon de musique and Other Paintings by Piero Pizzi Cannella, Exhibition view. Courtesy of Partners & Mucciaccia
Salon de musique and Other Paintings by Piero Pizzi Cannella
20 May — 15 Oct 2017
The Hermitage Encyclopaedia of Textiles. Conservation. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Encyclopaedia of Textiles. Conservation
29 Jul — 15 Oct 2017
The Hermitage Encyclopaedia of Textiles. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Encyclopaedia of Textiles
29 Jul — 15 Oct 2017
Salon de musique and Other Paintings by Piero Pizzi Cannella. Courtesy of State Hermitage
Salon de musique and Other Paintings
20 May — 15 Oct 2017
The Henkin Brothers. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
The Henkin Brothers
1 Jul — 24 Sep 2017
Anselm Kiefer, for Velimir Khlebnikov. Courtesy of State Hermitage Museum
Anselm Kiefer, for Velimir Khlebnikov
30 May — 3 Sep 2017
Manolo Blahnik. Courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum
Manolo Blahnik
11 May — 23 Jul 2017
Mitch Griffiths, First Person Shooter I: Modern Warfare, 2014–2015 Oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47¼ in)
Mitch Griffiths. Realisms
7 Jun — 18 Sep 2016

The State Hermitage Museum

59.94217
30.31607
Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya (Embankment), 34
St Petersburg 190000 Russia
+7 812 7109079
www.hermitagemuseum.org
Opening hours

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
From 10.30am till 6pm
Wednesday and Friday
From 10.30am till 9pm

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