Winter Palace/State Hermitage Museum Reviews (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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August 31, 2010

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The biggest and most famous museum in Russia, located in the former imperial residence - the Winter Palace. The site of the Hermitage, perhaps, one of the best museum sites in the worldhttp://www.hermitagemuseum.orgEntry for Russian tourists is 100 ...Read more The biggest and most famous museum in Russia, located in the former imperial residence - the Winter Palace. The site of the Hermitage, perhaps, one of the best museum sites in the world
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Entry for Russian tourists is 100 rubles. In the dressing room should go only after bought the ticket without being thereof you simply do not take things. In outerwear, large bags, should take all the photos and video equipment, if you do not have tickets for the shooting. In my opinion, the sale of tickets to film - a good feeder for the directorate of the museum, but it's so cynical on their part - to take charge, knowing full well that most rooms do not be anything off - because of the dull light, or peculiarities of the location. And in some rooms do not shoot with flash, and shoot with a professional tripod can not be in all rooms. By the way, the Hermitage is not empty and with mobile phones that can take pictures - or forced to surrender, or to buy a ticket. At the same time the Hermitage absolutely not suitable for storing photographic equipment: expensive things just the same stuff into your backpack, or formed under the "counter", which put things when they rent. The administration, as usual, no responsibility!

I apologize in advance for naturalism, but further discussion focuses on the Hermitage toilets. I visited one, the one at the entrance, at the ticket offices, and to me that was enough to understand how the Hermitage management respects its visitors: such toilets for the last time I saw deep in his youth, at some provincial railway station, and then when they were still free - for the main toilets, in fact, the Russian Museum, a startling sight - dirty and caked with something floors, the smell, cabins with green plywood walls, the height of which ends at the level of your shoulders, broken locks booths, worn plumbing, and complete absence of toilet paper! In silence alone the soap, paper towels and units for drying hands - these things are simply not available here! That's what they see foreigners coming to St. Petersburg. In my three young British women were photographed against a background of cubicles, standing, pardon me, on the toilet and leaning on top of them, and then took off, as each of them the other two hold the door cubicle! And we then are surprised when told about the horrors of Russia and bikes? What surprised when a unique marble staircases Hermitage perfectly, as it turned out, side by side with the most wretched toilets.

With a few ruffled mood we are beginning to view Hermitage. In the Egyptian hall, as usual, full of people, and a pair of Japanese attempts to remove the massive sarcophagus and mummy of the present (the most popular exhibit hall) - during our walk through the Hermitage, we do not just see them - for shooting objects buried deep under the glass.

Major surprises await us in the Italian study Hermitage: first, we see a sculpture by Michelangelo (not the best work of the Master, of course), and in the next room we see a picture by Caravaggio "Lute Player", which had a bold experiment: in addition to a boy with a lute, the painting shows a bouquet flowers, and some fruit on the table. One of the perfume companies in Italy and the leadership of Piedmont offered Directorate Hermitage create the smell paintings of Caravaggio. We saw a small table in front of the picture, which has reproductions of paintings, and in front of her - 9 vials of scents of the flowers and fruits, which are depicted in the painting, the 10th vial is a combination of all 9 flavors and, in fact, the smell of pictures! Interesting smell, smells like the Middle Ages most interesting that the author of these odors is immediately - this is a pretty Italian, which is something joyfully tells two old.

Hall also was pleased by Rembrandt - the Hermitage is the largest in the world of foreign collections of his works. Just at the time of our visit to the museum brought one of the paintings, "Pallas Athena", sold by the Bolsheviks in the 30 years due to lack of money, now it is in the Museum of Lisbon, and temporarily brought to the Hermitage.

Be sure to visit the loggia of Raphael - is, in fact, a long spacious hallway, whimsically painted - ton copy of the same corridor of Raphael in the Vatican Museum. Close

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by TourFreek

Sydney, Australia

April 6, 2008

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It is really awsome and its really white. I think that everyone who goes to St. Petersburg should see it. I would sugest going when the river has frozen over besause it is even more of an experiance.

The State Hermitage Museum

by sararevell

London, United Kingdom

August 6, 2007

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Best of IgoUgo As the premier attraction in St. Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum deserves a trip irrespective of whether you’re an art lover or not as its halls are as spectacular as the art collection it houses. Commissioned for construction by Empress Elizabeth ...Read more As the premier attraction in St. Petersburg, The Hermitage Museum deserves a trip irrespective of whether you’re an art lover or not as its halls are as spectacular as the art collection it houses. Commissioned for construction by Empress Elizabeth in 1754, the Winter Palace is more commonly associated with Catherine the Great, who took residence after her coronation in 1763, and was responsible for starting the palace’s lifelong association with art. With a collection of around 3 million items, the museum is a triumph in terms of quantity as well as quality. The Hermitage has over 1,000 rooms although incredibly only half of the collection can be displayed at any one time.

The entrance hall at the Hermitage can be a little intimidating if you’re not part of an organized tour group and the sheer volume of people makes you feel like you’re in some level of competition to buy a ticket.

After dropping off our daypacks in the cloakroom, we spent a few minutes poring over our map. We already had an idea of what we wanted to see, namely the Matisse and Picasso rooms and the Iranian art, which were all located on the second floor but even the best laid plans won’t stop you from getting lost once or twice in this behemoth art gallery. I found myself wondering how communications worked in the time of Catherine the Great and that perhaps they could have benefited from modern day Global Positioning Systems.

On the first floor we wandered off course and then struggled to find a staircase up to the next level. However we happily stumbled upon the St. George hall, also known as the Large Throne Room. Like a set from a fairytale film, this room is outlined in gold trim across the ceiling and around the balcony. At the far end stands the scarlet podium enclosing the seat of honour and it wasn’t hard to imagine this long hall playing host to royal receptions.

Finally we found our way up to the second floor and the Matisse and Picasso rooms, which are side by side and have wonderful views through small open windows out onto Dvortsovaya Ploschad. We enjoyed works such as Matisse’s "The Dance". They also have several bronze sculptures by the artist. The next room contains from of Picasso’s earlies paintings such as "The Absinthe Drinker" and "Two Sisters". These rooms are understandably popular with visitors so you do have to exercise some patience when moving around.

If you want to get a sense of what’s on offer at The Hermitage, the museum has an excellent website that provides virtual galleries of some of the exhibitions: www.hermitagemuseum.org

In spite of the crowds, The Hermitage is a treat to visit. Searching for each piece of art is an adventure and in such immaculate and imperial surroundings there is a magical and remarkable sight to behold at every turn. Close

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by suartd

Airdrie, United Kingdom

August 17, 2006

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by Wasatch

heber ctity, Utah

July 7, 2006

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Simply put, the Hermitage is one of world’s great art museums-- 350 rooms, 2,700,000 works of art– but itis more than that. It consists of 1, 2, 3, or 4 buildings, depending on how you want to count. The WinterPalace, now part of the ...Read more

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The Hermitage

by Christine Noel

Pasadena, California

July 27, 2004

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You have to go, but, frankly, I was disappointed. The Hermitage's art collection is not on par with the Louvre. It has many works by the great masters, but they tend to be works from the beginning or the end of careers, and therefore not the best of ...Read more

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by FONTANKA

STAMFORD, Connecticut

July 13, 2003

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The Hermitage is truly the most amazing museum I have ever been to. Put on strong walking shoes and prepare to spend the day. It's full of Russian art and artifacts throughout the ages and recreates the Winter Palace that the tsars and their ...Read more

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by chilblain

Glasgow, United Kingdom

June 10, 2003

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Best of IgoUgo Incredible doesn't even begin to describe the Hermitage. It has the most fantastic collection of art, all in the historic Winter Palace. They say it would take you seven years to see verything if you spent around 10 seconds looking at each exhibit, ...Read more

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