Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky receives the "Order for Merit to the Italian Republic"
On St George's Day, 9 December 2004

Conference: Personifications of Peter the Great's Time
On 16 and 17 November 2004

Children of Beslan: A Hermitage Program
On 6 November 2004

Agreement Signed between the State Hermitage and Cameo Ltd
On 4 November 2004

An International Scientific Conference: Central Asia from the Akhemenids to the Timurids: Archeology, History, Ethnology and Culture. The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Belenitsky
On 2 November 2004

Children of Beslan: A Hermitage Program
On 1 November 2004

Scientific Conference (Readings) in Memory of Vladimir Levinson-Lessing (1893 - 1972)
On 27 October 2004

Friends of the Hermitage Club: Opening of the New 2004-2005 Season
On 14 October 2004

Awards Ceremony of the Baltic Star, an International Prize for Developing and Strengthening Humanitarian Links among the Countries of the Baltic Region
On 1 October 2004

Music of the Revolution: A Concert Series
On 28 September 2004

The State Hermitage Receives the Order of Merit
On 20 September 2004

The transfer of Rubens’ painting Tarquinius and Lucretia to the State Hermitage
On 14 September 2004

Hermitage Week in New York: Program Presented at a Press Conference
On 14 September 2004

A Festive Ceremony in Honor of Russian Guards Day
On 2 September 2004

The Department of Museum Affairs and Protection of Cultural Monuments at St Petersburg University
On 30 August 2004

IV International Festival: Music of the Greater Hermitage
On 13 July 2004

Session of the Hermitage Academic Council
On 1 July 2004

3rd International Grand Waltz Music Festival in St Petersburg
On 29 June 2004

Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky is awarded the Order of Officer in the French Legion of Honor
On 26 June 2004

Session of the Hermitage Academic Council
On 10 June 2004

Archeological Expeditions Undertaken by the State Hermitage in 2003: A Conference
On 3 and 4 June 2004

"Byzantium in the context of world culture": a scholarly conference
On 12-13 May 2004

The Academy of Porcelain. Joint Project between the State Hermitage and the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory
On 11 May 2004

"Museums and the Issue of 'Cultural Tourism'": A Round Table Discussion
On 29 April 2004

"The 2004 Pritzker Prize in the State Hermitage. Prospects for the development of modern architecture in Russia". A press conference and open discussion
On 27 April 2004

Rem Koolhaas presents an archictectural concept for reconstructing the General Staff complex
On 26 April 2004

"The Jeweller's Art and Material Culture": A Seminar
On 12-17 April 2004

Attempted theft thwarted
On 13 April 2004

Presentation of the book “The Curator”. Articles. Letters. Prose. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.M. Glinka
On 9 April 2004

Conserving the Archeological Patrimony of Russia: A Discussion in the Federation Council
On 19 March 2004

The Hermitage – winner of the nationwide competition
‘Golden Ten of Petersburg -2003’
On 11 March 2004

Readings to Mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of I.G. Spassky (1904-1990)
On 11-12 March 2004

Scholarly Conference: "The Book Mark. Symbol of Ownership and Work of Art"
On 11-12 March 2004

The State Hermitage exhibits two paintings by Rubens from the collection of Russian entrepreneur Vladimir Logvinenko
In February 2004

The Transfer to the Ukraine of Fragments of Frescoes from Kiev's Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery
On 16 February 2004

Hermitage Readings Dedicated to the Memory of Academician B.B. Piotrovsky (1908-1990)
On13 February 2004

A Round Table Discussion: "The Museums of Russia in 1919 and 2004. General Accessibility of Museums as a Constitutional Right"
On 11 February 2004

Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail B. Piotrovsky is awarded the Alexander Gorchakov Silver Medal
On 10 February 2004

Antique Breguet Watches in the Hermitage
On 10 February 2004

A Thousand and one Concerts: An International Festival, 2004.
A Tribute to the 10th Anniversary of the State Hermitage Orchestra
On 30 January 2004

Meeting to Commemorate Vladimir Grigoryevich Lukonin (1932-1984) Department of Culture and Art of the Orient
On 28 January, 2004

Continuation of the Hermitage in Siberia Program
On 20 January 2004

State Hermitage Director M. B. Piotrovsky is awarded the Commander's Cross
of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
On 15 January 2004

New Premises of the Press Center of the State Hermitage are Presented to the Public
On 14 January 2004