On 15 June 2005 the Conference Room in the State Hermitage was reopened following completion of restoration work which began in October 2004 and was carried out by the Petersburg Restoration Company Ltd., of which M.V. Botakovsky is the director. The Conference Room is used for holding scholarly conferences, round table discussions and sessions of the Hermitage Academic Council.

The following work was performed:

• restoration of the existing ceilings, cornices and upper architectural elements (entablement)
  
• repair to the oak panels and doors
  
• reproduction and installation of two missing doors on the western wall using preserved doors as models
  
• restoration of the window frames and decoration restoration of the oak parquet floors
  
• restoration of the bronze chandelier (the Special Expert Ateliers of the Hermitage, team leader P.A. Khrebtukov)
  
• repair to the heating, electrical and alarm systems
  
• installation of air conditioning which was donated to the Hermitage by the Danish company DAIKIN
  
• installation of multimedia and projection equipment donated by SAMSUNG
  
• installation of an acoustic sound system

At the State Hermitage's Conference room