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“Re-Imagining Museums” – a discussion on the Abu Dhabi Culture YouTube Channel
On International Museum Day, 18 May 2020, the Abu Dhabi Culture YouTube channel carried a panel discussion on the theme of “Re-Imagining Museums” organized by the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.
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Days of Classical Antiquity Festival: a new online project for children “The Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece at Home and at War”
From 22 May 2020, as part of the Days of Classical Antiquity 2020 festival for pre-school and school children, the State Hermitage is running a new online project – “The Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece at Home and at War”.
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Days of Classical Antiquity: the children’s art competition “Encounters in the Hermitage. The Invincible Heroes of Ancient Greece” has finished
At the State Hermitage, the children’s art competition “Encounters in the Hermitage. The Invincible Heroes of Ancient Greece”, which became the chief event of the Days of Classical Antiquity 2020 festival has come to an end. The competition was held online between 10 April and 20 May.
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Sankt-Peterburgskiye Vedomosti columnist Liudmila LEUSSKAYA talks about what awaits us after the pandemic with the Director of the State Hermitage, Mikhail PIOTROVSKY
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Completion of Building Work for the Hermitage–Urals Centre
In Yekaterinburg, construction work on the Hermitage–Urals Cultural and Educational Centre is coming to an end.
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International Museum Day in the State Hermitage
On 18 May 2020, International Museum Day, the Hermitage organized a whole series of events, both on its own social media sites and elsewhere. They were all in one way or another devoted to the life of museums in isolation and their future after it ends.
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International Conference on “Diversity and Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Culture in the Circumstances of COVID-19”
On 17 May 2020 a conference was held on “Diversity and Inclusion: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Culture in the Circumstances of COVID-19”.
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Best wishes for International Museum Day from the Hermitage
The State Hermitage extends its best wishes for International Museum Day. We have a rich programme of events for the occasion.
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18th Round Table on “The Museum and Problems of Cultural Tourism”
On 17 May 2020, the 18th annual round table on “The Museum and Problems of Cultural Tourism” completed its work. This year the round table was held in an online format between 2 April and 17 May under conditions of “Cultured Isolation” within a specially created group on the VKontakte social network
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MUSEUM 15/24 – without stopping, without fear, with hope
The State Hermitage and the Hermitage 21st Century Foundation wish to inform people that despite the COVID 19 pandemic the programme of the international Russian-Dutch project Museum 15/24 is being implemented in full, with minor changes to its timetable.
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Meeting of the administration of the Hermitage–Amsterdam Exhibition Centre and extension of the exhibition “Jewels! Glittering at the Russian Court”
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the Hermitage–Amsterdam Exhibition Centre held an online meeting chaired by Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage.
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Birthday wishes for Geraldine Norman
On 13 May 2020, a long-standing friend of the Hermitage – Geraldine Norman – celebrates her birthday.
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Meeting of the Bizot Group
On 8 May 2020, a “remote session” of the Bizot Group, an informal association of the directors of world-ranking museums, was held. Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage, was among those who participated.
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The Hermitage marks the 75th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War
Best wishes from the State Hermitage for Victory Day!
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Days of Classical Antiquity 2020: the children’s art competition has been extended
Since 10 April 2020, the State Hermitage has been holding the Days of Classical Antiquity 2020 festival, for the first time in an online format.
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The Hermitage participates in an action to help the homeless
On 7 May 2020, the State Hermitage and the magazine Sobaka.ru carried out a joint charitable action to benefit the Nochlezhka organization that helps the homeless.
Read onCultured Isolation. The Hermitage Online
Between 17 March 2020, when visitors’ access to the Hermitage was suspended, and the present moment, the overall total number of views for new videos across the State Hermitage’s social media and the Virtual Visit section of the museum’s website has exceeded 26,300,000. In all, over the month and a
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A new instalment of Mikhail Piotrovsky’s Hermitage TV series: City under Siege
The cultural TV channel Russia-K has broadcast the latest programme in the authorial series by Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky – “City under Siege”.
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Guy Vesey appointed Executive Director of the Hermitage Foundation UK
The trustees of the Hermitage Foundation in Britain have announced the appointment of Guy Vesey as executive director of the organization.
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The Hermitage has brought out a limited edition of “Cultured Isolation” T-shirts
The Hermitage has brought out a limited edition of “Cultured Isolation” T-shirts devoted to what we considered the best form of quarantine.
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