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The Cultural and Historical University 2015
On 7 September 2015, the Hermitage Theatre hosted a press conference devoted to the start of the Cultural and Historical University 2015, an educational programme organized by the Government of St Petersburg, the Committee for External Relations of St Petersburg and the State Hermitage.
Read onThe New Rijksmuseum: a showing of Oeke Hoogendijk’s film and a meeting with Pieter Roelofs, curator of 17th-century Dutch painting at the Rijksmuseum
On 6 September 2015, the Large Hall of the Hermitage lecture centre was the venue for a showing of Oeke Hoogendijk’s film The New Rijksmuseum about the ten-year process of restoration and reconstruction of the famous museum in Amsterdam.
Read onPress Conference at Interfax
On 4 September 2015, a press conference was held at the Interfax North-West news agency on the subject of “Museums without security: what should we be prepared for?”
Read onPresentation of the Book "Mikhail Piotrovsky"
On 3 September 2015, the media centre of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper in Moscow was the venue for the presentation of the book "Mikhail Piotrovsky" produced by the "Molodaya Gvardiya" publishing house in the series "Lives of Famous People: The Biography Continues".
Read onCondolences on the Death of Yevgeny Ilyich Ukhnalev
The State Hermitage expresses its sincere condolences on the death on 2 September of Yevgeny Ilyich Ukhnalev (1931–2015).
Read on“Bon Ton… Strolls through the Hermitage”. A weekly joint programme of the State Hermitage and the radio station Orfei
The State Hermitage and Radio Orfei (Russian for Orpheus) have announced a new joint project – a unique musical radio programme entitled “Bon Ton… Strolls through the Hermitage.”
Read onMikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky awarded the Order of Francysk Skaryna
On 3 September 2015, the embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Moscow was the setting for the formal presentation of Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, with the Order of Francysk Skaryna.
Read onDay of the Russian Guards
On 2 September 2015, the General Staff building of the Hermitage became the setting for a ceremony devoted to the Day of the Russian Guards.
Read on“On My Way”: inauguration of the programme at the Hermitage Youth Centre
On 1 September 2015, the programme “On My Way” was inaugurated at the Hermitage Youth Centre.
Read onThe “Hermitage Restoration School” in Chersonesos
From 24 August to 1 September 2015 a seminar-workshop on “questions of the preservation and restoration of monumental painting from archaeological excavations” was held at the Tauric Chersonesos National Preserve.
Read onMeetings of the XXI International Advisory Council of the State Hermitage Museum
On August 30, 2015, the XXI International Advisory Council of the State Hermitage Museum began its work.
Read onHadid’s Challenge: Non-Linear Architecture and the Context of the Traditional City
A round table held in the Hermitage’s Youth Centre on 27 August 2015
Read onMeetings of the Culture Working Group during the St. Petersburg Dialogue Forum
From 26 to 28 August the State Hermitage Museum will hold meetings of the Culture Working Group of the St. Petersburg Dialogue Forum.
Read onAwarding Of Employees Of The State Hermitage Museum
Under the Presidential Decree No. 431 dated 22.08.2015, Tatyana A. Baranova, Head of the Department of Scientific Restoration and Conservation, was awarded a second-class medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland; Irina P. Zasetskaya and Yelena I. Oyateva, employees of the Department of Archaeo
Read onIn case of reduction of police units engaged in the protection of the Hermitage, the security costs of the Museum could increase to 67 million a year
On 26 August, the TASS press centre hosted a press-conference dedicated to the security of museums in terms of staff dismissal carried out by the Ministry of Interior.
Read on“Raku Ware: the Cosmos in a Tea Bowl”: Lecture and Tea Ceremony
Since July 2015, the Manege of the Small Hermitage temporarily hosts the Raku Ware exhibition.
Read onProposals Made by Mikhail B. Piotrovsky to the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Culture
Today, on August 24, Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum, has sent Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Interior, and Vladimir Medinsky, Minister of Culture, proposals for a possible way out of the situation occurring due to dismissal of independent security service employees, be
Read onUlan-Ude Welcomes the Hermitage Programme “Preserving Cultural Heritage Together”
On 18 August 2015, a press conference and a workshop for the restoration of archaeological metal were held at the National Museum of the Republic of Buryatia in Ulan-Ude.
Read onNew Exhibit at the Exhibition “XIX - early XX Century Porte-Bouquets”
The exhibition “XIX - early XX Century Porte-Bouquets from the Kenber Collection, France” welcomes a new exhibit: a porte-bouquet dating back to the mid-XIX century. Zinaida A. Brusnitsyna, a St. Petersburg resident, made this gift to the State Hermitage Museum.
Read onBidding Farewell to the White Nights at the Hermitage
On 31 July 2015, the State Hermitage Museum hosted the traditional festive friendly meeting “Farewell to the White Nights”, which has been bringing together the Hermitage pool journalists and the museum employees for many years.
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