State Hermitage Museum
Russia · founded 1764
The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. The museum celebrates the anniversary of its founding each year on 7 December, Saint Catherine's Day.
- Visitors a year
- 3.8MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1764Founded
What to see
Benois Madonna
Leonardo da Vinci, 1480.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Madonna Litta
Leonardo da Vinci, 1490.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt, 1668.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Lunch
Diego Velázquez, 1617.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Pazyryk carpet
50 BC.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Madonna and Child (The Conestabile Madonna)
Raphael, 1504.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on hermitagemuseum.org before you travel.
Getting there
Санкт-Петербург, Дворцовая набережная, 34.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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