The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News


New Grand Enfilade General Staff East Wing Reconstruction and Restoration Project 12 November 2008 at the General Staff building a press conference was held dedicated to the opening of the exhibition New Grand Enfilade. General Staff East Wing Reconstruction and Restoration Project full story

Visit to the State Hermitage of technical specialists from the Hermitage Amsterdam centre On 19-22 October 2008 the State Hermitage was visited by a delegation of technical specialists from Amsterdam led by Pieter van Empelen, the head of the project to reconstruct the Amstelhof building. full story

Traditional Display of New Acquisitions at the State Hermitage Museum On 27 December 2007a presentation of several of most interesting gifts which have been given to the museum was held. full story

From Friedrich to Dix. German Paintings from Dresden’s Galerie Neue Meister On 11 November 2008 an exhibition, organized by the Hermitage Museum in collaboration with the Galerie Neue Meister of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden with a generous support of V. Potanin Foundation, Moscow, was opened. full story At the foot of Mt. Ararat On 28 October 2008 an exhibition opened in the Fore-Hall of the Winter Palace dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of an outstanding Orientalist and archaeologist who devoted a considerable part of his life to archaeology in the Caucasus - the founder of Urartology in the country, Boris Borisovich Piotrovsky (1908-1990). full story Masterpieces from World Museums in the Hermitage: Velazquez’s Menippus and Aesop from the Prado museum On 21 October 2008 in Hall 233 of the New Hermitage an exhibition in the Masterpieces from World Museums cycle opened. full story Timur’s Territory. St. Petersburg - New-York. On the 50th anniversary of the birth of Timur Novikov On 24 September 2008 an exhibition, Timur’s Territory. St.-Petersburg - New-York. On the 50th anniversary of the birth of Timur Novikov, as a part of the project Hermitage 20/21, was opened. full story

Restoration of the Hermitage Theatre Foyer and the Parquet in the White Hall of the Winter Palace 19 May 2008, in preparation for International Museum Day following repairs and restoration the White Hall of the Winter Palace and the Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre have been opened to the public. full story

The First Steps for a Cultural Exchange between the State Hermitage Museum and the South Korean Cultural and Artistic Association, Dong Bang On 30 May 2008 the Dong Bang Association together with the Society for Russian-Korean Friendship (St. Petersburg, North-West) donated to State Hermitage Museum’s school centre Izostudio new IT equipment. full story