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The Hermitage informs its visitors of the museum’s working hours over the New Year holidays.
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The Last Exhibition of the Year
On 31 December, New Year’s Eve, the 18th year in succession the Hermitage is opening the final exhibition devoted to the most notable gifts received in the past twelve months.
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Opening of the exhibition “Henri Matisse: Jazz”
On 30 December 2019, the exhibition “Jazz”, marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henri Matisse, began running in the General Staff building.
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Ceremony marking the anniversary of the “the expulsion of the enemy from the borders of Russia”
On 25 December 2018, the anniversary of the publication of the Manifesto on “the expulsion of the enemy from the borders of Russia”, the traditional thanksgiving service was held in the Church of the Vernicle – the Great Church of the Winter Palace. Archpriest Vladimir Sorokin, Dean of the Prince Vl
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Working Meeting at UNESCO on the Regeneration of Palmyra
A working meeting on the regeneration of Palmyra took place on 18 December 2019 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The aim of the meeting was to determine optimal approaches to the problem of reviving the World Heritage site.
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New Year Fancy Dress Party “Total Sur!” at the Hermitage Youth Centre
On 21 December 2019, the General Staff building was the venue for the traditional New Year’s student fancy dress party organized by the Youth Centre of the State Hermitage.
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New Year Party for Special-Needs Children in the Hermitage
On 20 December 2019, the Hermitage Theatre was the setting for a New Year party for children with health-related disabilities who participate in the special programme “My Hermitage”.
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Research and Application Seminar “The Museum and Young People. In Search of a Common Language”
On 18 December 2019, as part of a visit to the State Hermitage by a delegation of representatives of Dutch museums, the Youth Centre hosted a research and application seminar “The Museum and Young People. In Search of a Common Language” in which the guests from the Netherlands participated together
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Opening of the exhibition “Leather. Artworks from Old Europe”
On 17 December 2019, the exhibition “Leather. Artworks from Old Europe” was opened in the Blue Bedroom of the Winter Palace. It presents around 80 items from the stocks of the Department of Western European Applied Art and the “Arsenal”, many of which are being shown publicly for the first time.
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Intellectual Marathon: “The Plywood Theatre. Art breaking boundaries”
On 13 December 2019, the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre became the venue for an intellectual marathon entitled “The Plywood Theatre. Art breaking boundaries”.
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Scholarly Conference “Sub specie aeternitatis. Mediaeval archaeology of Eastern Europe. Marking the 100th anniversary of V.D. Beletsky’s birth”
On 11 and 12 December 2019, the State Hermitage was the venue for a Scholarly Conference “Sub specie aeternitatis. Mediaeval archaeology of Eastern Europe. Marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.D. Beletsky (1918–1997)”.
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The House on Palace Embankment A new instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Hermitage TV series
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “The Hermitage. The House on Palace Embankment”.
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Annual December Meeting with Heads of Partner Tourist Companies of the State Hermitage
On 12 December 2019, the Jordan Gallery of the Winter Palace was the setting for the annual December meeting with heads of partner tourist companies of the State Hermitage.
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The State Hermitage informs
Additional working hours for the exhibitions "Assyrian Art from the British Museum" and ""Tis Potemkin Himself"
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Mikhail Piotrovsky Bridges of Culture: Articles, Interviews, Speeches
As part of its Honorary Doctors of the University series, the Publishing House of the Saint Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences has brought out an anthology of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s works: Mosty kul’tury: stat’i, interv’iu, vystupleniia [Bridges of Culture: Articles, Interview
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Ex Oriente lux Marking the 75th birthday of Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky
A book has been published to mark a milestone in the life of the prominent Russian Orientalist-Arabist Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky under the Latin titled Ex Oriente lux [ “Light from the East”].
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Opening of the exhibition “I founded therein my royal palace…” Assyrian Art from the British Museum
On 9 December 2019, during the Hermitage Days, the first-ever exhibition in Russia of art from ancient Assyria – “I founded therein my royal palace.” – was opened in the Manege of the Small Hermitage. The exhibition has been organized by the State Hermitage and the British Museum, which possesses th
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International Day of Hermitage Friends
On 8 December 2019, the General Staff building became the venue for the celebration of the International Day of Hermitage Friends, to which Friends of the museum from all over the world are traditionally invited.
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Signing of a letter of intent on the creation of a Hermitage–Vladivostok centre
On 7 December 2019, during the Hermitage Days, a letter of intent was signed on the creation of a Hermitage–Vladivostok centre.
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Signing of Agreements between the State Hermitage and the National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman
On 9 December 2019, agreements between the State Hermitage and the National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman were signed in the State Hermitage.
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