The Hermitage News

"Francis Bacon and the Art of the Past": Meetings at the Exhibition

On 25 February, the Hermitage Youth Centre organized two meetings at the exhibition "Francis Bacon and the Art of the Past" in the General Staff Building.

Form + Colour. School: Educational Project of the Sterligov School at the Hermitage Youth Centre

On 25 February, a unique educational project of Form + Colour artistic association opened at the Hermitage Youth Centre. The project is the result of the development by young artists of pictorial and plastic culture in the workshop of Gennady Zubkov.

Termination of the Exhibition "Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time"

On 26 February 2015, a meeting dedicated to termination of the exhibition "Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time" was held in the Council Chamber of the State Hermitage Museum between Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Svetlana Adaksina, Chief Curator of t

Meeting of the Hermitage Friends' Club "The Hermitage Mosaics"

Members of the International Hermitage Friends' Club met in the Museum on 26 February, 2015.

Scientific Conference “Heraldry and Heraldic Institutions in Russia”

On 20-21 February 2015, a scientific conference Heraldry and Heraldic Institutions in Russia was held at the State Hermitage Museum.

The State Hermitage Museum Official Hotel Wins Russian Hospitality Awards 2014

The first ever Russian Hospitality Awards ceremony took place in Moscow on 19 February 2015.

State Hermitage Museum and Samsung Electronics: New Plans for Cooperation

On 17 February 2015, at the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre, the State Hermitage Museum and Samsung Electronics presented new restoration projects and plans to upgrade equipment used at the museum complex.

HERMITAGE THE LONESOME or THE HERMITAGE EXHIBITION MOSAIC

The Slavia Publishing House (SPb, 2014) published two volumes of Hermitage the Lonesome or the Hermitage Exhibition Mosaic.

State Hermitage Museum bulletin

In January 2015, members of the Scientific Library of the State Hermitage Museum detected during a routine inspection of the book stack on the 5th floor that some publications were lacking a number of photographs, illustrations and fine prints.

Readings in memory of Boris B. Piotrovsky

Readings in memory of Boris B. Piotrovsky (1908–1990), an outstanding Russian archaeologist and orientalist who headed the State Hermitage Museum for more than two decades, were held on 13 February 2015 at the State Hermitage Museum.

Catalogue Release: “Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time”

An illustrated scientific catalogue “Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time” (2014) was brought out by the State Hermitage Publishing House to commemorate the exhibition bearing the same name.

From a Private Collection to the Imperial Museum

The opening of the exhibition in the Russian State Historical Archive

Book Release: “Studies of Arabia and Islam. Collection of Articles Honouring the 70-year Anniversary of Mikhail Piotrovsky”

The State Museum of Oriental Art has published a book named “Studies of Arabia and Islam. Collection of Articles Honouring the 70-year Anniversary of Mikhail Piotrovsky”, which includes research on the ancient civilization of South Arabia, the history of art of the Middle East and Islamic studies.

Anniversary of the Department of Museum Studies and Protection of Monuments at St. Petersburg State University

The Department of Museum Studies and Protection of Monuments at St. Petersburg State University celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

Academic Council Session

On 29 January 2015, an Academic Council session on Science at the Hermitage was held in the State Hermitage Museum.

27 January. 71-Year Anniversary of Complete Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad

On 27 January 2015, the Day of the Complete Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, a slide show of the employees of the State Hermitage Museum who survived the war and the siege talking about those heroic and terrible days started screening on plasma television in the Jordan Gallery of the Winter Palac

An Exact Copy of the Skevr Reliquary was Donated to the Treasury House Museum of Holy Etchmiadzin

Commemorating the End of Restoration of the Portrait of Peter the Great Painted by Antoine Payen

On 23 January 2015, the exhibition commemorating the end of restoration of the portrait of Peter the Great painted by Antoine Payen from the Collection of the Pavlovsk State Museum-Preserve opened in the Apollo Hall of the State Hermitage Museum.

The Lukonin Readings

On January 21-22, the Lukonin Readings were held at the State Hermitage Museum in memory of Vladimir G. Lukonin.

The State Hermitage Informs

Due to the recent pretentious publications on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation to grant children free access to the federal museums and in connection with such statements as “children will finally be able to visit the Hermitage for free”, we consider it necessary t