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Daily overview tours for individual visitors:
The tour of the main museum complex
The tour of the Winter Palace of Peter the Great

Tour tickets may be purchased at the museum kiosks on the day of your visit.
Information on the time when each tour begins is updated each week, and is available on the information stands, and from the employees of the information center.

Group tours may be ordered in advance in the Tour Office or by telephone at (812) 571-84-46

The Treasure Gallery of the State Hermitage Museum
The Gold and Diamond Treasure Rooms

These areas may only be visited while accompanied by a tour guide during scheduled sessions.
Tour tickets may be purchased at the museum kiosks on the day of your visit.
Information on the time when each tour begins is updated each week, and is available on the information stands, and from the employees of the information center.

Tours for groups of up to 15 people may be ordered in advance in the Tour Office or by telephone at (812) 571-84-46

More information in Russian

Themed tours for adults
Our series of themed tours and artist tours/discussions give visitors the opportunity to reach a deeper level of familiarity with the history of world art, the various forms it has taken, and the unique features of artistic movements.
Subscriptions are available for both organized groups and individual visitors.

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Themed meetings
The State Hermitage Museum invites its guests to meetings with its own specialists, famous Petersburg artists, employees of domestic and foreign museums, artists, designers, and musicians.

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Special programs
These programs include visits to exhibits, the museum's holdings, concerts, and meetings with specialists. One can become acquainted with the Hermitage, as well as its history and collection, in the morning, before the official opening of the museum, or in the evening, after its official closing. Programs may be tailored to the client's wishes.

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Themed tours for children, school-aged and younger
Themed tour programs can bring children into the world of art, teach them to understand its language, and familiarize them with famous artifacts of world culture from the Hermitage collection. Subscriptions are available for both organized school groups, and parents and their children.

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Lectures for adults
The history of art from ancient times to our own era is explored in lectures by Hermitage employees in the museum Lecture hall.
Lectures for children
Our two lecture series for parents and young school-aged children, entitled "The Art Around Us" and "Myth and Legend in Fine Art," will familiarize visitors with the primary types and genres of fine art, periods in the history of architecture, and mythological and religious themes in art.

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The schedule of available tours and lectures for individual visitors is available in the Calendar section.

 

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