The museum’s origins date back to Russian Empress Catherine the Great, a lover of the arts who wrote plays and children’s literature. In 1764, nearly a century before the State Hermitage’s ...

The London institution had a false start as a museum, but is now thriving with its winning combination of hosting temporary ...

TASS/. The State Hermitage Museum has said that German vocalist Till Lindemann has in violation of a binding contact misused its name and images of exhibits from its collection by issuing a series ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

The discovery of a Scythian boot provides insight into the craftsmanship and daily life of the ancient Scythian nomads.

Through the Hermitage’s long standing collaboration with The Ringling Museum of Art, memorable exhibitions from Hermitage Fellows have included Sanford Biggers, Trenton Doyle Hancock ...