Secret Elgin Marbles surprise loan joins Hermitage 250th Anniversary celebrations

Elgin marbles sensational loan to Hermitage from British Museum joins 250th anniversary celebrations in St Petersburg this weekend. Hermitage Revealed film première museum screening is Saturday December 6th at 11am in the General Staff Building, St Petersburg.

From the Tsars to the Cellars in Manifesta

In its 250th year, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg remains the best museum that most of the world has never visited. The former palace of the Tsars holds one of the world’s greatest art collections. And, given its central place in Russian history for more than two centuries, the grand structure on the Neva contains just as many stories.

You can now visit the Hermitage without the burden of the airfare and the cold. […]

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