On 1 November 2023, as part of the "Children's Agit-Train of Russia" programme, school pupils from Irkutsk Region visited the State Hermitage Museum.
More than 1,500 young guests came to Saint Petersburg to get acquainted with the city's main cultural sights and museums. Their journey followed the route "Lessons of history: the Siberian Special Train of Victory. Leningrad – 2023".
Hermitage staff gave the programme participants a general guided tour of the Main Museum Complex. The youngsters were introduced to the state rooms of the Winter Palace, as well as the collections housed in the Small, Old and New Hermitages. The guests were able to view one of the museum's most unusual timepieces – the famous Peacock Clock, see paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael visit the Knights' Hall, the Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting and the Large Italian Skylight Hall. Their acquaintance with the Hermitage continued in the halls of Classical Antiquity and ended with the Ancient Egyptian display.
