The Winter Palace and the Hermitage MuseumThe magnificent green, white and gold Winter Palace is superbly
situated on the banks of the Neva River, a 656 foot-long (200m)
Russian Baroque building that is the biggest and most lavishly
decorated palace in the city. The palace was the official residence
of the tsars, and Catherine the Great later added the Small and
Large Hermitages onto the palace as a sanctuary for herself and her
private art collection. The Hermitage Museum comprises a stately complex of buildings
strung along the embankment, with the Winter Palace at its heart.
The Hermitage Museum is one of the world's greatest art museums
that has grown from a small collection of paintings started by
Catherine the Great in 1764, to a massive display of over three
million exhibits, housed within the sumptuous splendour of one of
the most luxurious palaces worldwide. The three floors cover a full
range of world art from ancient times, to Russian works and 20th
century Europe, and a fabulous collection of Impressionis
Address: Dvortsovaya Square
Website: www.hermitagemuseum.org
Email: visitorservices@hermitage.ru
Telephone: (812) 710 9625
Transportation: Metro stations Nevsky Prospekt or Gostiny Dvor;
trolleybus 1, 7 or 10; or bus 7, 10 or 147
Opening Time: Daily except Mondays 10:30am-6pm. Closes 5pm
Sundays.
Admission: RUB 400, free for students and children. A valid form of
ID is required to enter. Separate charges are levied for special
exhibitions. |
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