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Evening for Corporative Members of the Hermitage Friends’ Club
On 4 December 2020, during the Hermitage Days, an event was held in a special format at the Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 for Corporate Friends of the Hermitage.
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7 December 2020. Saint Catherine’s Day
Each year on 7 December, the State Hermitage celebrates the Orthodox feast day of Saint Catherine, in honour of whom the museum’s founder and patroness, Empress Catherine the Great, took her name at the time of her Orthodox baptism.
Read onThe State Hermitage informs. A new museum lockdown
Following the resolution of the Saint Petersburg city government of 2 December 2020, forbidding visitors access to museums from 30 December to 10 January, the State Hermitage informs:
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The Day of Palmyra in the Hermitage
On 2 December 2020, the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Russian Federation’s UNESCO Affairs Commission and the Institute for the History of Material Culture organized a virtual round table entitled “Is it possible to restore Palmyra?” in the course of which experts from the professional comm
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Opening of the exhibition “Dmitry Vinogradov: The Man who Invented Russian Porcelain”
On 4 December 2020, during the Hermitage Days, the exhibition “Dmitry Vinogradov: The Man who Invented Russian Porcelain” was formally opened.
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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the laying of the first stone for the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre
On 4 December 2020, the State Hermitage’s Restoration and Storage Centre in Staraya Derevnya was the venue for a ceremony celebrating the 30th anniversary of the laying of the first stone for the Hermitage Repository.
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3D mapping show “The Image of Victory in the Collections and Fate of the Hermitage”
Due to the difficult public health situation, the State Hermitage has moved all Hermitage Days events to an online format. As a result, it has become possible to carry out all the traditional programme for these days (the opening of exhibitions, conferences, a gathering of the museum staff) while mi
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Opening of the exhibition “Two Palmyras. Architecture”
On 2 December 2020, the exhibition “Two Palmyras. Architecture”, devoted to the mutual links between Palmyra and Saint Petersburg – the Northern Palmyra, opened in the General Staff building.
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Opening of the exhibition “Two Palmyras: Real and Virtual”
On 3 December 2020, the exhibition “Two Palmyras: Real and Virtual” was formally opened in the General Staff building as part of the large-scale programme for the Day of Palmyra in the Hermitage.
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Hermitage Days 2020: Opening of the exhibition “Two Palmyras. Archaeology”
On 2 December 2020, the Day of Palmyra in the Hermitage, the exhibition “Two Palmyras. Archaeology” was opened in the Winter Palace.
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“Around the Ark”. A new instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Hermitage TV series
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “Around the Ark”.
Read onIn memoriam Irina Alexandrovna Antonova
We are shaken by the news of the passing of Irina Alexandrovna Antonova, President of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
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Internet meeting with Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage
On 1 December 2020, an Internet meeting with Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, took place, the event which traditionally marks the beginning of the Hermitage Days.
Read onHermitage Foundation UK Board Meeting
On 1 December 2020, there was a meeting of the Hermitage Foundation UK’s board of directors.
Read onHermitage Days 2020. 1–9 December
Every year on 7 December, the State Hermitage celebrates the Orthodox feast day of Saint Catherine, in honour of whom the museum’s founder, Empress Catherine the Great, took her name at the time of her Orthodox baptism. The year of the Hermitage’s foundation is considered to be 1764, when Catherine
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Opening of the exhibition “Oman: the Land of Frankincense”
On 1 December 2020, during the Hermitage Days, the exhibition “Oman: the Land of Frankincense” opened in the Winter Palace, telling about various stages in the history and culture of Oman. It presents finds from significant archaeological excavations carried out in the Sultanate of Oman over the pas
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On 8 December 2020, entry to the Hermitage will be free of charge to mark Saint Catherine’s Day
Every year on 7 December, the State Hermitage celebrates the Orthodox feast day of Saint Catherine, in honour of whom the museum’s founder, Empress Catherine the Great, took her name at the time of her Orthodox baptism.
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The Hermitage in the General Staff Building. Twenty Years of Exhibitions
On 27 November 2020, the formal opening of the exhibition “The Hermitage in the General Staff Building. Twenty Years of Exhibitions” took place the General Staff building.
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Opening of the exhibition “The Black Square. Kazimir Malevich” as part of the Hermitage Days in Samara Region
On 26 November 2020, the Hermitage Days in Samara started in the Samara Regional Art Museum. One of the main events of the programme was the opening of an exhibition of a single masterpiece from the collection of the State Hermitage – Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square.
Read onOnline session of the State Council’s sub-group on the development of museum and exhibition activities
On 26 October 2020, a session of the sub-group on questions of the development of museum and exhibition activities within the State Council of the Russian Federation’s working group on Culture. The session took place in an online format with Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitag
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