The State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum - today it is perhaps the most famous museum is not only Petersburg but also in Russia.

        The Hermitage (St. Petersburg) - Russia is the best gallery that represents the art world, one of the most famous art museums in the world and certainly the main attraction in St. Petersburg. The museum was founded in 1764, when Catherine the Great purchased a collection of 255 paintings from the German city of Berlin. Today the State Hermitage Museum has over 2.7 million exhibits and displays a variety of art and artifacts from around the world and throughout history (from Ancient Egypt to early 20th century in Europe). Hermitage collection includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, a unique collection of Rembrandt and Rubens, many French Impressionist works by Renoir, Cezanne, Manet, Monet and Pissarro, numerous paintings by Van Gogh, Matisse, Gauguin and Rodin sculptures a few. The collection is vast and diverse, to create it took a long time, and it is an essential aspect for all those interested in art and history.

         The main building of the Hermitage - is the Winter Palace, which was once the main residence of Russian tsars. Superbly located on the banks of the Neva River, this green-and-white three-storey palace, a miracle of architecture in the Baroque style, which boasts a 1786 doors, a thousand windows, and more than a thousand richly decorated halls and rooms, many of which are open to the public. The Winter Palace in the Baroque style was built between 1754 and 1762gg., And its first resident was none other than the famous Catherine the Great. Many of the impressive interiors of the palace was rebuilt after a huge fire and partially destroyed the building in 1837. Some of the best Russian and foreign most famous architects carefully worked to make this imperial residence was one of the best and most luxurious palaces in the world.

        

        Hermitage collections are displayed in adjacent buildings, built along the coast of the Neva, they combine to form an enormous museum complex: Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and lastly, the New Hermitage. The State Hermitage Museum - Museum and a private theater, built by kings, is a beautifully designed amphitheater, which still holds regular lectures, concerts, opera and ballet performances.

         Experts say that if you take a minute of looking at each exhibit on display at the Hermitage, you would need 11 years to inspect all of them. We offer you a brief tour, located on our website.

         

       With the possible exception of the Louvre, nor a museum in the world can not be a contender for such a colossus as the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), either in size or quality. His collection is so large that it would take years to view them in full - at last count, there were about three million works on exhibit. The Hermitage, a museum, is particularly strong in the Italian Renaissance and French Impressionists, he also has an outstanding collection of works by Rembrandt, Picasso and Matisse. Visitors should also admire his fine collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and art exhibits in Siberia and Central Asia. Not least among the attractions - as noted by everyone who visited the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), is the museum itself, with its fine interiors and architectural details. Hermitage Museum - a museum of enormous size, with such a variety of exposures and strong, and so attractive interiors that many visitors find that the best way to get acquainted with the museum - is to make several short visits rather than one frenetic and exhausting marathon.

        While much can be achieved through systematic and serious approach, and sometimes let simple curiosity to take at least occasionally over the top of the set list of works and collections, and attracted the attention distracted by masterpieces.

        Hermitage Museum - a museum, and its origins can be traced back to the private art collection of Peter the Great, who purchased numerous works during his travels abroad, and then hung them in his residence. Catherine the Great expanded the collection considerably, and she and her successors expanded the collection of the Hermitage to a large extent, buying private collections of Western European aristocracy and monarchy. By the time Nicholas II ascended the throne in 1894, the Hermitage - St. Petersburg was then the chief city of Russia, and so, the Hermitage was the greatest place of gathering a collection of works of art in Europe.

        After the revolution of 1917 Hermitage Museum - the museum was opened to the public and its collections have continued to grow at the expense of contemporary works from private collections. Today, the Hermitage periodically repaired, collections are in the process of reorganization, and many of his works first became available for traveling exhibitions outside the country.