2011

July - 12 August, 2011 On 21 July, 2011 The 3rd Cultural and Educational Program WHY 2001- World Heritage and Youth starts its work which is held by the State Hermitage with the assistance of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" . The program, prepared by the Volunteer's Office of the State Hermitage is participated by over eighty volunteers, over the half of whom are students of Closed Administrative Territorial Units (CATU), chosen on the basis of the contest held by the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom".
The subject of this year is the problem of preservation of historic transport media, urban planar geometry, infrastructure and the historic transport itself as valuable cultural heritage. The teams are to solve tasks and prepare projects the subjects of which will become streets, gardens and parks, rivers and channels, bridges, transport and architecture. Each team will receive its mascot - one of the historic trams, located in the Museum of Municipal Electric Transport of St Petersburg.
A large volume of work waits for volunteers in the State Hermitage itself, in the Museum of Municipal Electric Transport, in suburban palace and garden ensembles. Moreover, volunteers will participate in archeological excavations in the first capital of Ancient Rus' - Old Ladoga.
The main difference of the program 2011 is a trip to Kaliningrad for the authors of the best projects as well as for the most active volunteers. The participants will have a chance to get acquainted with the museums-partners of the State Hermitage in which the program of exhibitions, held with the assistance of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" is implemented, to take part in panel discussions, dedicated to the role of youth in preservation of cultural heritage and to introduce own designs and projects.