The State Hermitage Museum
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The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture. Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.
The main architectural ensemble of the Hermitage situated in the centre of St Petersburg consists of the Winter Palace, the former state residence of the Russian emperors, the buildings of the Small, Old (Great) and New Hermitages, the Hermitage Theatre and the Auxiliary House.
The museum complex also includes the Menshikov Palace and the Eastern Wing of the General Staff building, the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory.
Addresses of the museum buildings: (see also on the map - here)
The main building of the Hermitage Museum Palace Square, 2 Saint Petersburg
The Winter Palace of Peter the Great Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 32 Saint Petersburg
The Menshikov Palace Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, 15 Saint Petersburg
The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Prospekt Obukhovskoi Oborony, 151 Saint Petersburg
The Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre Zausadebnaya Street, 37A Saint Petersburg
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Opening hours:
The Main Museum Complex, Menshikov Palace, General Staff building and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory Tuesdays – Saturdays 10.30 - 18.00 Sundays 10.30 - 17.00 The ticket boxes close 1 hour before the museum closes Closed Mondays
The Winter Palace of Peter the Great Tuesdays – Saturdays 10.30 - 17.00 Sundays 10.30 - 16.00 The ticket boxes close 1 hour before the museum closes Closed Mondays
The Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre Wednesdays – Sundays 11.00, 13.00, 13.30, 15.30 Visits are by guided tour only. Places may be reserved in advance. To order – call +7 (812) 344-92-26 Museum ticket box - tel. 344-92-71
Admission fees – see here
Telephones: +7 812 710 9625 +7 812 710 9079 +7 812 710 9079
Email: visitorservices@hermitage.ru
Website: http://www.hermitagemuseum. org/html_En/index.html
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