The album represents the history of the State Hermitage Museum and its collections which can be divided chronologically into three periods: the epoch of Catherine the Great, the Imperial Museum, and the State Museum. The album contains more that 300 illustrations and discusses the history and provenance of each exhibit reproduced.

Text in English.
St Petersburg, 2000.
247 pages, 324 color illus.;
paperback.
9 x 12 in. (24.5 x 31 cm).

Also available on request in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.

ISBN 5900959-38-4