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Presentation of a Portrait of Mikhail Piotrovsky in the British Consulate
On 10 June 2016, the Consulate General of the United Kingdom in St Petersburg was the setting for the formal presentation of a portrait of Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, painted by Alexander Talbot Rice, one of the best-known contemporary British portraitists
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Collaboration Agreement Signed between the State Hermitage and the Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University
On 9 May 2016, a formal signing ceremony was held to conclude an agreement between the State Hermitage and Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University.
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Handover of a Collection of Icons to the State Hermitage
On 8 June 2016 the Council Hall of the State Hermitage was the setting for the signing of a trilateral deed of transfer, giving the museum possession of a collection of icons that came from the FSB on the instructions of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
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The Cranach Family: between Renaissance and Mannerism
On 7 June 2016 an exhibition devoted to Lucas Cranach the Elder and his dynasty opens in the Winter Palace.
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Peter Paul Rubens The Resurrection An Exhibition in the “Masterpieces Reborn” Cycle
On 6 June 2016, the exhibition ‘Peter Paul Rubens: The Resurrection. An Exhibition in the “Masterpieces Reborn” Cycle’ opened in the General Staff building.
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Weaponry Seminar
On 2 June 2016, the latest session of the Weaponry Seminar was held in the State Hermitage.
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Alisa Freindlich in The Touchables at the Hermitage Theatre
On 2 June 2016 the Hermitage Theatre was the venue for a performance of the inclusive dramatic piece The Touchables with People’s Artist of the USSR Alisa Freindlich participating. In this unique stage work deaf-blind actors preform alongside ones who can see and hear.
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Presentation of The Hermitage Friends’ Club in Finland
On 1 June 2016, Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage, visited Helsinki to participate in the official presentation of The Hermitage Friends’ Club in Finland.
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Two Floras
On 31 May 2016 the exhibition Two Floras opened in the Italian Cabinet of the New Hermitage (Hall 233).
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A Delegation from the State Hermitage Visits the St Petersburg Theological Academy
On 30 May 2016, as part of the Agreement on Collaboration, a delegation from the State Hermitage made a visit to the St Petersburg Theological Academy in the course of which the guests, accompanied by the Rector, Archbishop Amvrosy, viewed one of the oldest theological institutions in St Petersburg,
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Continuation of the Days of Yemen and Syria in the Hermitage
On 28 May 2016, the programme of the Days of Yemen and Syria in the Hermitage continued in the space of the Public Forum in the General Staff.
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International Conference: “Tradition and Innovation in the Study of the Earliest Ceramics”
On 24–27 May 2016, St Petersburg was the venue for an international conference on “Tradition and Innovation in the Study of the Earliest Ceramics” organized by the State Hermitage in conjunction with the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for the History of Material Culture, the Samara State Acad
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Day of Syria in the State Hermitage
On 27 May 2016, the State Hermitage held a Day of Syria, the aim of which was to remind the worldwide public of a cultural tragedy – the barbaric destruction of historical monuments in the Middle East.
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Agreement signed on the creation of a design project for the way-finding system in the General Staff of the State Hermitage (the Rossi Wing)
On 27 May 2016, a trilateral agreement was signed in the State Hermitage on the creation of a design project for a way-finding system to assist visitors to the General Staff.
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INVAZIYa: a one-day project by students of the Current Artistic Processes section of the Hermitage’s Youth Centre
On 26 May 2016, for two hours the halls of the Youth Centre in the General Staff were filled with the “attacking” art of performance, video-art and installation.
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Day of Yemen in the State Hermitage
On 26 May 2015, the State Hermitage held a Day of Yemen, the aim of which was to draw attention to the cultural, historical and artistic heritage of Yemen and to remind the worldwide public of a cultural tragedy – the barbaric destruction of historical monuments in the Middle East.
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Axsel Motors lease a BMW sedan to the State Hermitage
On 26 May 2016 a contract was signed for the renewal of the State Hermitage’s fleet of vehicles and a formal ceremony was held at which the company Axsel Motors handed over a BMW 7 Series sedan to the museum on lease.
Read onSeminar “Heraldry – an ancillary historical discipline”
On 25 May 2016, the latest session of the seminar “Heraldry – an ancillary historical discipline” took place in the Council Hall of the State Hermitage.
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Opening of the exhibition “Two Amenemhats. Marking the 160th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Golenishchev”
On 25 May 2016, the State Hermitage opened the exhibition “Two Amenemhats. Marking the 160th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Golenishchev” that presents two sculptural portraits of one of the most famous rulers of Ancient Egypt – Amenemhat III – from the collections of the Pushkin Museum of Fin
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