Hermitage museum attracts the attentions of the world as one of the largest museums which is situated in St. Petersburg. It also features a huge collection of more than three million historical arts and galleries. It is a collection of the oldest arts, galleries and paintings that gives the reflection of world's human history and culture which was established in 1764 and opened to the general public in 1852.
Most of the collections of Hermitage museum are exhibited in major six historical buildings but all the collections cannot be displayed at a time due to the lack of space. Winter Palace is the major attraction which was the official home to Russian emperors where visitors can enjoy a number of historical paintings, arts and galleries.
Hermitage museum has various exhibition centers which are situated in different parts of the world such as- Las Vegas, London and the Amsterdam exhibition centers.
The origin and history of the museum begins from 1764 when Catherine the Great began private collections of paintings and arts for Berlin. She collected around 320 paintings during that time and ordered to build the Winter Palace for exhibition. By the time, the construction of the Winter Palace was completed in 1766 and the paintings were stored. The expansion and collections were continuously carried out till 1914. Hermitage museum faced various wars and revolutions after 1991, due to which it lost many of the valuable arts and paintings as well as jewelry.
During the expansion and development of the Museum, many personalities have given their contributions such as- Lionardo da Vinchi, Piccasso, Van Dyck, Michelangelo, Pissaro, Canova and many more. Most of the existing gold collections in the museum were from different countries of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
The major collections in the Hermitage museums encompasses- Russian arts, German and French arts, Italian Renaissance and fine arts, Spanish fine arts, Jewelry and decorative arts, prehistoric arts, classical and Egyptian artifacts, Knight's Hall, Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age and many more.
Hermitage museum gives an exciting and romantic fun to the art lovers. Most of the arts and paintings are really eye-catching that attracts the attentions of any visitors and stop them to enjoy. Enjoying exclusive arts and gallery in Hermitages helps to make the journey beautiful and memorable.
