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The State Hermitage Museum, with a collection of an encyclopaedic
scale presents the renewed Culture and Art of Central
Asia exhibition. About a thousand items, placed in the
halls of the third floor of the Winter Palace, will bring
the viewer into the world of the various peoples, speaking
different languages, who lived in the broad spaces of the
Central Asian from the ancient past to the Middle Ages.
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The film will familiarise you with the best examples of
lithographic portraits of the 19th century from the State
Hermitage Museum's collections. It talks about the development
of lithographic portraits in Russia from the start of the
19th century to the end of the 1890s, as well as about the
masters who dedicated their creative talent to this type
of print art.
The Russian Lithographic Portrait of the 19th Century
exhibition is open from 22 September 2012 to 13 January
2013.
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A video dedicated to the biography of Nikolai Petrovich
Likhachyov (1862-1936), a world-famous scientist and major
collector. This film is timed to coincide with the "Only
Writings Sound" exhibit, where 460 artifacts from the
scientist's collection, representing writing from the turn
of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.E. to the early 20th century.
The exhibit will be open at the Hermitage from April 21st
to July 22nd 2012.
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The film is devoted to the memory of Vladimir Lukonin (1932-1984),
a leading Russian Orientalist and expert on the culture
and art of Iran in ancient times and the middle-ages. Vladimir
Lukonin was Head of the Hermitage Oriental Department for
about twenty years and was one of the most interesting characters
in the history of the Hermitage in the 20th century. Narrated
by the director of the State Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky.
The film was produced by the TV company Kultura.
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The
film is about the Ancient Herculaneum exhibition, the
first exhibition in the restored rooms of the General Staff
building. It is narrated by Anna Trofimova, Head of the Antiquities
Department.
The exhibition is open until the 12 February 2012. |
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The
film talks about written materials and the culture of books
in 10-17th century Russia from the Novgorod State Museum-Reservation
collection.
The exhibition is open in the State Hermitage until 19 February
2012. |
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The
film is about the great Russian scientist, Mikhail Lomonosov,
whose genius was revealed during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna.
The film presents some of the most important events from the
time of Elizabeth and provides an introduction to the development
of art in Russia in the second quarter of the 18th century.
The exhibition is open until the 11 March 2012. |
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In
April 2010 the sculpture the Fugitive Slave by Vladimir
Beklemishev was discovered during repair work in the Winter
Palace. This film tells the story of the discovery and the
restoration of the statue. |
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This
film shows the history of lacquer art in Russia, a unique
aspect of national culture.
The exhibition was open from 13 May to 4 September 2011.
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After
restoration of the parquet floor in the Knight's Hall the
horsemen in armour returned on 27 December 2010. An everyday
museum event turned into a New Years Eve celebration. |
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The
film shows the process of restoring the Eastern Wing of the
General Staff Building. |
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The
film tells about the discovery of silver treasure, about the
work of the restorers and shows the development of silver
work in Russia in the 19-20th centuries as well as the tastes
of wealthy Petersburg families. |
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This
video talks about the art of ancient glass workers, the technologies
for producing glass in the rich Hermitage ancient glass collection. |
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Anatoly
Ivanov, senior researcher of the Oriental Department talks
about the history, culture and art of the Dagestan mountain
village of Kubachi. |
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The
video is devoted to two masterpieces from the Hermitage collection,
the decorative panels Dance and Music by Henri
Matisse. |
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The
video was made to coincide with the opening of the exhibition
Art and Culture in the ancient towns of the Northern Black
Sea Coast. |
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The
video is devoted to an exhibition of porcelain based on the
famous Russian Seasons show in Paris. |
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This
3D film made by the architecture workshop Studio 44 provides
the opportunity to take a virtual walk through the rooms of
the future museum. |
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