One of the largest art museums in the world and the former residence of the Romanov czars, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is in the historical center of the city. Composed of ...

The Hermitage Foundation UK, which supports the St Petersburg museum, has now halted its efforts in “building cultural bridges between the UK and Russia”. Its statement explains: “We are deeply ...

Tourists also named cultural treasure the third-best museum in the world. The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has once again been voted the best museum in Europe and, this year, has ...

Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of The State Hermitage Museum in Russia, laments the fact that foreign dignitaries ask him more about the Hermitage’s cats than they do about its Rembrandts. It’s a joke.

The Hermitage has been recognized as the best museum in Europe by TripAdvisor, a popular publisher of tourist guidebooks. The St. Petersburg museum beat out the Florence Academy of Fine Arts and the ...

In a city like St. Petersburg, there’s no shortage of sightseeing opportunities. It’s Russia’s culture capital and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. But sometimes the best sights are off ...

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