The State Hermitage Museum: Information

Ticket windows of
the Main Hermitage Complex
are located
in the entrance hall of
the Winter Palace
Ticket windows
accomplish sale of
entrance tickets of all types
(including tickets
on special prices
for privileged categories of
visitors) and tickets
for excursions for individual
visitors
Opening hours of ticket windows:
Tuesday - Saturday from 10.30 to17.00,
on Sunday and days before holidays
from 10.30 to 16.00

Admission Fee to the State Hermitage

400 roubles - regular entrance ticket to the Main Museum Complex.

Free entrance ticket:

children of preschool and school age;
students;
members of ICOM.

Photography and video costs
200 roubles - ticket for taking photographs and videos for personal use (entrance ticket required).
5000 roubles - ticket for costumed photographs and videos for groups of no more than 5 people (entrance ticket required).
5000 roubles - ticket for taking photographs and videos of wedding parties for groups of no more than 5 people (entrance ticket required).

Special exhibitions
300 roubles - ticket to the Treasure Gallery - Diamond room (No. 1);
300 roubles - ticket to the Treasure Gallery - Gold room (No. 2).
The tickets are bought together with the entrance ticket.

The ticket is valid for one entrance to the museum on the day of its purchase.
An unused ticket can be returned only on the day of its purchase provided that the cash register receipt is kept. The cost of an unused ticket is refunded in full (100%).
Please, keep your tickets till the end of your visit.

The following special prices are valid for the Main Museum Complex:

100 roubles - entrance ticket for adult citizens of the Russian Federation
(documents stating the Russian citizenship must be presented)

Free admission to the State Hermitage is also granted to the following categories of citizens of the Russian Federation:

retired citizens of the Russian Federation;
enlisted soldiers and sailors;
employees of the museums of the Russian Federation;
members of the unions of artists, architects, designers and members of the Russian Academy of Arts;
members of ICOM;
Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, holders of the Order of Glory of all degrees, Heroes of Socialist Labour, holders of the Order of Glory in Labour of all degrees, veterans of WWII, invalids of WWII, holders of the medal 'Defender of Leningrad' or 'Citizen of the Besieged Leningrad', invalids of group I and II.

Free ticket (except tickets for children of pre-school and school age) is granted upon presentation of documents confirming the right to a free ticket.

First Thursday of each month - free admission to the museum for all categories of individual visitors (for free tickets).
This is not applied to guiding services.

Price for the entrance ticket to other buildings of the museum complex:
The General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace, the Porcelain Museum - 60 roubles (to each of the museums).
The Winter Palace of Peter I - 50 roubles.

Free admission - for all categories of the visitors having right to free admission to the State Hermitage.