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Birthday of Maecenas
On 13 April 2008 the traditional celebration was held in honour of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas’ birthday, organized by the State Hermitage Museum and the editing board of magazine about social responsibility Novy Metsenat (The New Maecenas).
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Zaha Hadid Wins Competition to Develop Design for Proposed Museum in Vilnius
8 April, 2008. Vilnius, Lithuania. A jury of six members today announced that Zaha Hadid, London, has won the architectural competition to develop a design for a proposed museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Garofalo
On 5 April 2008, an exhibition of the Italian Renaissance artist’s painting opened in Ferrara.
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Sixth Round Table: The Museum and Problems of Cultural Tourism
On 24 April 2008, for the sixth time the Sector for Tourism and Special Programmes of the State Hermitage Museum ran what has become an annual round table, The Museum and Problems of Cultural Tourism.
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Days of Classics – 2008 Festival
During 8 - 12 April 2008 the annual spring festival was held, its programme included competitions, exhibitions, parades, workshops, games and performances designed to interest primarily children and teenagers.
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Traditional Display of
New Acquisitions at the State Hermitage Museum
On 27 December 2007a presentation of several of most interesting
gifts which have been given to the museum was held.
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In Palaces and Tents: The Islamic World from China to Europe
On 14 February 2008, at the Nicholas Hall of the Winter Palace an exhibition is being opened which examines the contacts of the Islamic World with its neighbouring cultures of Europe and China.
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Opening of New Permanent
Exposition 'The Golden Horde: History and Culture'
On 7 December 2007 as part of the Hermitage Days 2007 the State
Hermitage Museum opened a new permanent exposition dedicated to
the history and culture of the remarkable state which arose in the
1240s based on Turkic ethnicity in the steppes between the Irtysh
River and the Danube.
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Opening of New Permanent
Exposition 'Moshchevaya Balka: A Monument to the North Caucasian
Silk Road'
On 7 December 2007, as part of the Hermitage Days 2007 at the State
Hermitage Museum a new permanent exposition was opened featuring
an unusual archaeological find - the Moshchevaya Balka burial ground
(8th-9th century), which is located high in the north-west of Caucasian
Mountains.
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The Opening of the Newly
Restored Bosphorus Halls and the Michelangelo Hall in the New Hermitage
and also the Apollo and Alexander Halls in the Winter Palace
On 7 December 2007 as part of the Hermitage Days 2007 an opening
ceremony was held for the newly restored Bosphorus Halls and the
Michelangelo Hall in the New Hermitage and also the Alexander and
Apollo Halls in the Winter Palace.
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Youth Education Centre Master Class at the Conference Museums and Education: History and Modernity
On 18 April 2008, as part of the Museums and Education: History and Modernity conference a master class was run which included employees of the sector telling about their experiences working with young people from St. Petersburg and displaying the creativity of the students’ club.
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