The Hermitage Museum is located in St Petersburg, Russia; the web address is www.hermitagemuseum.org. The site is remarkably organized to answer any question a visitor might have concerning: address, hours, tour days, admission price, bookings, and even closures. It is designed with 3D enhancement with virtual effects so that visitors all over the world can click on links, and experience great tributes of history.
In 2011, almost three million Russian and Foreign visitors toured the exhibitions. The Hermitage is compiled of ten complexes wherein together they hold archeological objects, paintings, sculptures, numismatics, works of graphic and applied art, and more that total to nearly three million artifacts.
Each complex or Centre’s has a history of its commission, architect, forms, proportions, and year built. Each has been detailed and uniquely outlined that it complements the Director’s efforts. This also includes a layout of the name of each room; for example, I was surprise to see the Leonardo da Vinci Room, the hall of French Art the mid-18 century, the Augustus Room, and the Room of the Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Era. Each room has such a fascination of splendor that there is no question why Russian citizens are often included on the tour with foreign visitors.
My most favorite was The Hermitage During The Siege; it included a dedication to those who preserved the artifacts during the war of 1941. I was in awe as I read about those who labored to protect those artifacts; the persevering of those items were treated as lives being saved; the perilously moments did not stop the love for Art and Literature. The galleries were designed with bomb shelters for such a purpose because those articles were destined to be preserved to remind us its history. Written by Zita Bett Spring 2013 Humanities Temple College
