Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage Museum is Russia's best gallery of world art, one of the most prominent art museums in the world and definitely the main tourist attraction of St. Petersburg. The museum was founded in 1764 when Catherine the Great purchased a collection of 255 paintings from Berlin. Nowadays, the Hermitage has about 2.7 million exhibits and displays a full range of world art from Ancient Egypt to early 20th century Europe. It includes works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, unique collections of Rembrandt, Rubens, French Impressionists (Renoir, Cezanne, Manet, Monet, Pissarro), plus Van Gogh, Matisse, Gaugin and sculptures by Rodin. The collection is huge and very exciting. They say that "you can be absorbed for days in its treasures and still come out wishing for more".

Address: 191065, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya 34
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 311-3465, 219-8625
Fax: 311-90-09
Open:
Tuesday to Saturday 10:30 am to 5 pm
Sundays and national holidays 10:30 am to 5 pm
Ticket offices close one hour before the closure time
N.B.! The Hermitage is closed on Mondays