The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture.

Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.

The main architectural ensemble of the Hermitage situated in the centre of St Petersburg consists of the Winter Palace, the former state residence of the Russian emperors, the buildings of the Small, Old (Great) and New Hermitages, the Hermitage Theatre and the Auxiliary House. The museum complex also includes the Menshikov Palace and the Eastern Wing of the General Staff building, the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory.

The Winter Palace through the Ages

This movie devoted to the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian emperors, enables you to make a unique journey through time.

Computer models present the palace and its surroundings in different historical eras - in the reigns of Nicholas I (mid-19th century) and Nicholas II (late 19th - early 20th century), and in the present day. The panoramas are accompanied by commentaries and supplemented by paintings and graphic art as well as photographs.