Brief biography of the Hermitage

The art of ancient Egypt and others. In the year, the eastern wing of the building of the main headquarters became a museum space, which the Hermitage uses for permanent and temporary exhibitions. This giant building in a classic style was built in the early 19th century by architect Carlo Russia. It is the only one is not related to the transition with other buildings of the Hermitage.

Now there is one of the most popular exhibitions of the Hermitage - paintings by French impressionists of the 19th century. The collection of the State Hermitage is also known for its collection of jewelry and monuments of jewelry. The Gallery of Jewels includes two exhibitions: diamond and gold pantries. Here you can see the work of jewelers of antiquity - Scythians, Greeks, as well as the work of Western European and Russian jewelers.

Visiting pantries must be ordered and paid separately. Our subjective top 5 exhibits of the Hermitage 1.

The Pavlin watch amazing floor watches, which are a composition of gilded figures of animals and birds, of which the peacock is the largest. The picture was written in the year of his death - the Golden Scythian Panther from the shield from the Kelermes mound, this exhibit from the golden collection of the Hermitage dates from the beginning of the VI century.

The Bolshaya Kolyvan vase giant jasper vase weighing 19 tons was created by Ural stone stones in the first half of the 19th century. Interesting facts about the Hermitage 1. After the terrible fire of the year that happened in the Winter Palace, a central heating system was introduced to prevent fires and achieve more efficient heating. New air heaters were located on the ground floor.

The air walked through the stoves, and then up the pipes and channels in the walls to the rooms of the palace. The system was developed by Russian engineer N. Today on the floor of many halls of the Winter Palace, you can see metal lattices that were part of the heating system. It took only 15 months to completely reconstruct the palace after the fire of the year. According to the protocol, the servants were not allowed to enter the front halls of the Winter Palace.

To move around the palace, they used special passages inside the walls. About 50 cats and cats operate in the state Hermitage. Their main duty is to protect exhibits from rats and mice. Each animal has its own passport with a photograph. The operating mode and the Hermitage address on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from to Wednesday and Friday the museum is opened to closed: on Monday, January 1, May 9, the museum is closed in the schedule can be changed without a preliminary notification.