The State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The buildings of the museum, by themselves, are architectural masterpieces. The collections of the Hermitage number over 3 million items from prehistoric to modern times. Magnificent works of art embracing prehistoric culture, Egyptian art, the art of Antiquity, Scythian gold, and great collections of Western-European paintings and sculptures are displayed in 400 halls of museum. If spend a full minute viewing every piece of art, it will take you nine years to make your way through this museum. Don’t forget to visit special “Golden” and “Brilliant” rooms- you have to buy special tickets to get there and excursions to the rooms are available at specific times. We can help you to discover the treasures of the Hermitage.


If you’re arriving on a cruise ship, please have a look at our list of St Petersburg Shore Excursions.
Otherwise you can choose from our packaged St Petersburg Tours.

This entry was posted on April 27, 2010 at 10:50 am.

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