Hermitage Museum
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The Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious art and culture museums, renowned for its vast collections spanning from antiquity to modern times.
Aliases (12)
- State Hermitage Museum ×15
- Winter Palace ×3
- Hermitage Museum collection ×1
- Hermitage Museum complex ×1
- Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg ×1
- Hermitage Theatre ×1
- New Hermitage ×1
- Old Hermitage ×1
- State Hermitage Museum collections ×1
- State Hermitage Museum complex ×1
- The Hermitage ×1
- Государственный Эрмитаж ×1
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
art museum
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culture museum → state museum → tourist attraction → |
| annualVisitors |
several million
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| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
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Neoclassical → |
| collectionIncludes |
Oriental art
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Roman antiquities → Russian art → Western European painting → ancient Egyptian art → ancient Greek art → applied art → archaeological artifacts → arms and armor → decorative arts → graphic art → impressionist paintings → modern art → numismatics → paintings → post-impressionist paintings → sculpture → |
| collectionSize |
over 3 million items
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| country |
Russia
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| director |
Mikhail Piotrovsky
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| formerFunction |
residence of Russian emperors
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| foundedAs |
private imperial collection
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| foundedBy |
Catherine the Great
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| hasOnlineCollection |
yes
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| hasPart |
General Staff Building
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Hermitage Theatre → New Hermitage → Old Hermitage → Small Hermitage → Winter Palace → |
| heritageStatus |
part of the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments UNESCO World Heritage Site
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| inception |
1764
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| languageOfName |
Russian
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| locatedIn |
Palace Embankment
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Saint Petersburg → |
| locatedOn |
Neva River
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| nativeName |
Государственный Эрмитаж
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| notableWorkHoused |
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Benois Madonna”
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Leonardo da Vinci’s “Litta Madonna” → Matisse’s “Music” → Matisse’s “The Dance” → Raphael’s “Madonna Conestabile” → Rembrandt’s “Danaë” → Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” → Titian’s “Danaë” → works by Caravaggio → works by Cézanne → works by Gauguin → works by Goya → works by Michelangelo → works by Monet → works by Picasso → works by Renoir → works by Rubens → works by Van Dyck → works by Velázquez → |
| openedToPublic |
1852
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| operatedBy |
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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| ownedBy |
Russian Federation
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| rankedAs |
one of the largest art museums in the world
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one of the oldest museums in the world → |
| shortName |
The Hermitage
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