St.petersburg

Hermitage

  Dvortsovaya pl. 2 ,   City Centre-1          (+7) 812 710 90 79     more than a year ago
The director of the Hermitage once said, “I can't say that the Hermitage is the number one museum in the world, but it's certainly not number two.” With over three million works of art and treasures housed in six connected buildings along the Neva, the museum can't fail to impress. Give yourself plenty of time and try to go on a weekday to avoid the crowds. Four hours is probably an absolute minimum of time to spend there if you want to see the main state rooms and some of the most popular artworks.
The museum's art collection covers all of the greatest European movements. Lovers of the renaissance shouldn't miss the Da Vincis, Canalettos, Michaelangelos and Raphaels of the Italian rooms. The Rembrandt room filled with works by the old master is another must as are the nearby El Grecos. There is also a very large selection of Oriental and Middle Eastern art. The ground floor houses the museum's treasures of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Persia as well as antiquities from the near and central east. 
The largest number of opulent state rooms such as the throne rooms, ballrooms, boudoirs, the spectacular clock room with its huge peacock clock and other libraries, parlours and the like are largely located on the first floor (in Russian 2nd floor) of the Winter palace and lead off in different directions from the Jordan staircase (where you enter the museum just after the ticket offices).

The State Hermitage presents an authoritative iPhone and Google Play application which will take you on a fascinating journey around the rooms of the famous museum. Enjoy the masterpieces of the Hermitage collection, learn more about them, admire the magnificent palace interiors of the grand royal residence of Russian Emperors.

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Facilities for disabled
City centre location
Wi-fi
Restaurant

Metro

Admiralteiskaya

Open

Open 10:30 - 18:00, Wed, Fri 10:30 - 21:00. Closed Mon.

Price/Additional Info

Admission 300 - 700Rbl. Free for all students. Audioguide 350Rbl. The third Thu of the month and on December 7 entrance free. You can buy tickets to the Main Museum Complex and its branches at the ticket offices inside the museum, via special terminals at the entranсe to the Great Courtyard and online (the visitors with e-tickets and gift cards can use the separate entrance to the Main Museum Complex through Shuvalovsky Proezd). Excursion bureau (+7) 812 710 96 88. 700Rbl. — price for all-in ticket for visiting the Main Museum Complex, The General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Entry ticket allows single visit to the Main Museum Complex and the branches during the day of its purchase. Please keep your tickets with you until the end of your visit.

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