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12th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography
On 28–30 May 2019, the State Hermitage hosted the 12th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography
Read onThe Hermitage at the Intermuseum 2019 Festival
On 30 May 2019, the 21st Intermuseum international festival opened in the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow.
Read onClosing Event of the Season at the Hermitage Friends’ Club
On May 29, 2019 the International Hermitage Friends’ Club closed the 2018/2019 season with the meeting dedicated to the exhibition Gods, Men, Heroes. From the Museo Archeologico Nationale di Napoli and the Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Read onВенецианская биеннале: студенческая версия. 28 мая 2019
28 мая в Главном штабе прошел ежегодный праздник Студенческого клуба к завершению учебного года.
Read onNew instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s TV series Hermitage: “Thus Spake Zarathustra”
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “Thus Spake Zarathustra”.
Read onThe Museum Celebrates another Day of the Hermitage Cat
On 25 and 26 May 2019, despite the inclement weather, visitors to the event, both small and large, painted huge plywood cats under the guidance of the celebrated artist Dmitry Shagin, who caringly helped his charges to realize their ideas.
Read onHermitage Days in Sofia
On 24 May 2019, the Hermitage Days in Sofia opened in the National Art Gallery. This is the first time they are being held in the Bulgarian capital.
Read onVisit of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the State Hermitage
On 21 May 2019, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam paid a visit to the State Hermitage.
Read onThe Hermitage in the Night of Museums
On 18 May 2019, the State Hermitage as usual participated in the international Night of Museums event. The special programme took place at several of the museum’s facilities at once.
Read onAwards Ceremony for the 20th Children’s Computer Graphics and Animation Competition “Inspired by the myth. Iphigenia in Tauris”
On 19 May 2019, the Large Hall of the School Centre was the venue for the awards ceremony honouring the winners of the 20th Children’s Computer Graphics and Animation Competition – “Inspired by the myth. Iphigenia in Tauris” devoted to the Year of the Theatre.
Read onThe Hermitage at the Venice Biennale 2019
On 8 May 2019, in the Giardini, the park that is the location of the largest national pavilions at the Venice Biennale of contemporary art, the opening of the exhibition entitled Lc. 15: 11-32 took place in the Russian pavilion. The display is entirely devoted to the Hermitage, one of the world’s la
Read onSaint Petersburg named the Museum Capital of Russia
For International Museum Day, which is celebrated on 18 May each year, the TurStat analytical agency compiled a rating of the cities in Russia with the most interesting museums. Saint Petersburg took first place.
Read onMeeting of the Russian participants in the International Youth Consultative Board of the Museum 15/24 project
On 18 May 2019, International Museum Day, ten young people from Russia gathered at the State Hermitage to participate in the first session of the International Youth Consultative Board (IYCB) of the Russian-Dutch project Museum 15/24.
Read onMeeting of the European part of the Bizot Group
On 16 and 17 May 2019, the Tate Modern museum in London hosted the latest meeting of the European part of the Bizot Group, an informal association of the world’s leading museums that engage in organizing international exhibitions. Mikhail Piotrovsky, the Director of the Hermitage, attended.
Read onInternational Museum Day in the Hermitage. Honouring Veteran Museum Workers
Veteran Museum Workers On 20 May 2019, the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for the traditional gathering devoted to International Museum Day and honouring veteran museum workers.
Read onConference on the Evolution of the Neolithic Cultures of Eastern Europe
On 16 May the Hermitage hosted a session as part of the conference on the Evolution of the Neolithic Cultures of Eastern Europe organized by the State Hermitage in conjunction with Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education, the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology, the
Read onAlexander Gorodnitsky’s Concert by the New Hermitage
On 19 May 2019, Alexander Moiseyevich Gorodnitsky gave a concert by the Portico of the New Hermitage entitled “The Atlantes Hold up the Sky” – poems and songs dedicated to my native city that was organized by the State Hermitage and the Gorodnitsky Foundation for the Development and Popularization o
Read onTreasures of the Red River. Archaeological Collections from the Museums of Vietnam
On 17 May 2019, the exhibition “Treasures of the Red River. Archaeological Collections from the Museums of Vietnam” was formally opened in the Winter Palace’s Halls of the History of Ancient Writings. It is timed to mark Ho Chi Minh’s birthday and the days of the city (formerly Saigon) now named in
Read onThe State Hermitage in the Night of Museums 2019
On 18 May 2019, the State Hermitage will as usual be participating in the international Night of Museums event. The special programme will take place at several of the museum’s facilities at once from 6.00 pm to 11.00 pm. (Ticket offices work until 10.10 pm.)
Read onThe Hermitage Gathers Friends
On 17 May 2019, 170 children gathered in the Hermitage Theatre: young patients of the children’s hospice, youngsters in the care of the rehabilitation department for oncological patients at the Solnechnoe children’s sanatorium, children from the Raisa Gorbacheva Institute for Childhood Haematology a
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