Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The State Hermitage Museum

The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of the world culture. Among them are paintings, graphic works, sculptures and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.

The Hermitage Museum was started in the 18th century as a private collection of Empress Catherine II and in the 20th century became one of the largest museums in the world.

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