Hermitage Museum
museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Summary
Hermitage Museum is a museum of culture[1]. It draws 11,081 Wikipedia views per month (museum of culture category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Order of Lenin[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint Petersburg[4]
- Country: Russia[5], Russian Empire[6], Soviet Union[7]
- Instance of: art museum[8], tourist attraction[9], building complex[10], palace[11], history museum[12], museum[13]
- Founder: Catherine II of Russia[14]
- Headquarters location: Winter Palace[15]
- Commons category: Hermitage Museum[16]
- Chairperson: Mikhail Piotrovsky[17]
- Has part(s): Hermitage Museum building at Staraya Derevnya[18], Small Hermitage[19], Great Hermitage[20], New Hermitage[21], Hermitage Theatre[22], General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg[23], Winter Palace[24], Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg)[25]
- Inception: January 1, 1764[26]
- Official website: https://hermitagemuseum.org[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hermitage Museum[28]
- Commons gallery: Государственный Эрмитаж[29]
- Director / manager: Mikhail Piotrovsky[30]
- Visitors per year: 3,120,170[31], 3,668,031[32], 4,119,103[33], 4,200,000[34], 4,220,000[35], 4,956,529[36], 1,649,443[37]
- Phone number: +7 812 710-90-79[38]
- Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online[39], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia[42], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], hedendaagsesieraden.nl[44], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[45]
- Topic has template: Modèle:Palette Musée de l'Ermitage[46]
- Heritage designation: federal cultural heritage site in Russia[47]
- Commons Institution page: Hermitage Museum[48]
- Date of official opening: 1764[49]
- Main Wikidata property: P10270[50]
- Native label: Государственный Эрмитаж[51]
- Category of associated people: Category:Employees of the Hermitage Museum[52]
- Owner of: The Return of the Prodigal Son[53], Woman in the Garden[54], Woman in Black[55], Woman and a maid with a pail of fish in a courtyard[56], St. Mark[57], View of Oudezijds Voorburgwal with the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam[58]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Hermitage Museum include 4758 Hermitage[59], an asteroid[60].
Why It Matters
Hermitage Museum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include 4758 Hermitage[59], an asteroid[60].
FAQs
What awards did Hermitage Museum receive?
Honors received include Order of Lenin[3].