8 May: the museum is open from 10.30 to 17.00
9 May: the museum is closed
10 May: the museum is open from 10.30 to 18.00
11 May: the museum is open from 10.30 to 17.00
Ticket windows shut an hour before the museum closes

Opening Hours

The Main Museum Complex, Menshikov Palace, General Staff building and Museum of Porcelain
Tuesdays - Saturdays
10.30 - 18.00
Sundays
10.30 - 17.00
Closed Mondays
Ticket windows shut one hour before the museum closes

Winter Palace of Peter the Great
Tuesdays - Saturdays
10.30 - 17.00
Sundays
10.30 - 16.00
Closed Mondays
Ticket windows shut one hour before the museum closes

Storage Facility in Staraya Derevnya
Wednesdays - Sundays
11.00, 13.00, 13.30, 15.30
Visits are by guided tour only. Places may be reserved in advance. To order, phone 344-92-26
Museum ticket window -
tel. 344-92-71

Temporary exhibitions
are closed to visitors 30 minutes before the closing of the museum

Holidays
On holidays and days preceding holidays (except Mondays and January 1), the museum is open from 10.30 to 17.00

Rules for Visitors
It is not allowed to take large objects into the museum: bags, briefcases, backpacks, umbrellas. Visitors are requested to deposit the aforementioned items in the museum's checkroom.
Visitors are asked not to bring food or beverages into the museum.
The entrances to the museum are equipped with metal detectors.

Taking photographs and videos in the museum
AMATEUR VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography and video filming are permitted only upon possession of a special permit purchased at the museum ticket window. Flash photography or use of illumination devices not allowed.

COMMERCIAL VIDEO FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Commercial video filming and photography, replication and publication of exhibit items in the State Hermitage are possible only with the permission of the museum administration. Information about the rules for obtaining permission to reproduce images of museum exhibits can be received by calling (812) 710-95-12.
To order slides or digital images of museum exhibits, and to obtain the right to publish images, contact the museum staff:
Fax (812) 710-95-04
e-mail: photo@hermitage.ru

For visitors with limited mobility
Entrance from Palace Square. For all questions about arranging visits to the museum for invalids and rental of wheelchairs, please contact the administrator in the Main Vestibule or phone: (812) 710-90-79.

General information by phone:
(812) 710-90-79, (812) 710-96-25

Telephone directory
Tel.: (812) 571-34-65

To order a guided tour
Tel.: (812) 571-84-46

To order special tour programmes:
Tel.: (812) 710-96-44