Fun fact: The Hermitage has employed cats since the time of Peter the Great, when his daughter Elizabeth brought them in to control the rodent population.
Today there are between 50 and 70 kitties living and working in the Hermitage complex. With over three million paintings, artifacts, arms, and crafts, this world-class museum is a must-see for any art lover.
But be warned! The complex is in the Central District of St. The Hermitage is open Tuesdays through Sundays, and is always closed on Mondays. Holiday hours are AM until PM, and on the day before each holiday the museum closes one hour early. A guided tour, including the entrance fee, is available through the museum for roubles. Travelers to St. This page includes pricing for individual exhibits as well as how to book discounted and free tickets for families, young children, students, and other select groups.
Most tour groups include a skip-the-line ticket which is worth every penny, even for die-hard DIYers. Note: Due to the pandemic, walk-up tickets for the Hermitage are not currently available. However, this policy is subject to change at any time. These tours meet right at the cruise port and include visa-free entry.
Visitors who already have a visa should steer clear of the cruise passenger tours. Cruising to St. Make sure you read my tips for visiting St.
Petersburg, Russia on a cruise. Skip-the-line tickets. Join a guided tour private or in a group. Tip: when buying your Hermitage tickets online please pay close attention t o the name of the museum as there are 6 options. The Hermitage includes several museums:. Most visitors are interested to visit the Main Museum Complex , which includes the Winter Palace green and gold former royal residence on the Palace Square.
You will walk through the royal family living chambers and beautifully decorated official halls. Learn more. The popular impressionist and post-impressionist collections have been moved to the General Staff Building. You will need a separate ticket to visit the General Staff Building. When visiting the Main Museum Complex you can complement your visit with a guided tour to the Gold Rooms and the Diamond Rooms of the Treasure Gallery, which currently costs an extra roubles.
Review the Excursions section on the tickets page to purchase these options. The Hermitage museums also hold several temporary exhibitions. Some exhibitions require extra tickets — see Entrance tickets to the exhibitions section on the tickets page. Currently, the extra exhibition tickets cost rubles. The official website of the Hermitage is www.
The Hermitage tickets page in English is here. At this time, you can buy tickets online up to 2 weeks in advance of your visit. You can book a maximum of 4 tickets at once. Tip : the English version of the tickets page has just been launched, however it may not be working well at times.
Once you have completed your online order, you will receive 3 emails. One with a receipt, and two confirming the creation and payment of your order. Check your junk email folder as this is where I found the emails. You have to click on the link in the email from order hermitage. You can either print your ticket or just save it on your phone.
You will need to scan a barcode on your electronic ticket to enter the museum. Even though the online ticket form is asking for your name, there are no ID checks at the entrance.
Visitors with online tickets have a separate entrance. Currently, the website only sells full-fare tickets. If you are eligible for a discounted or free admission you have to acquire tickets at the ticket office at the Hermitage. In the past, online tickets had to be exchanged for the entrance tickets in a separate ticket office which had its own long queue.
One of the largest museums in the world, the State Hermitage, occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the Neva River. The main building is the Winter Palace which used to be the official residence of the Russian Tsars. To visit all exhibion rooms would entail walking distance of about 10 km over 6 miles. The Hermitage history starts with Catherine the Great when she began purchasing famous artworks. As her collection was growing through the s, Catherine commissioned the French architect Jean — Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe to build an extension to the Winter Palace.
The building was completed in In the tradition of Peter the Great and Empress Elizabeth, she called the structure "my hermitage". From pm, the influx of people goes down very considerably. So if you want to do a few hours quick visit, Wednesday or Friday after lunch 3 or 4pm is a good time, since you probably will not find any lines and you will still have about 5 hours to visit the museum and see the most important exhibits.
The people of St. Petersburg call this great complex as the Winter Palace, since it is the main building and the one appears in all photos and postcards. Anyways, when you visit the main complex, you go from one building to another without practically realizing it, since they are interconnected. The entrance to this large complex is located in the Palace Square number 2 the main square of St. Petersburg and is accessed through a large iron gate that gives access to a large courtyard, inside which are the ticket offices and also the ticket vending machines.
In addition to the Main Complex , whose visit will take you all day, the museum also has other exhibition buildings that are separated from the main complex and whose visit is also included at the entrance. If you buy the ticket online, you have to access through another special gate, as indicated in this map:.
You only have to show your printed entrance in security to access the building and once inside go to the lathes of entry in which you will have to scan the bar code of your entrance to access the museum. The grounds of the main complex are huge, so I recommend taking a free color map of the museum in the entrance, in which you will find details of the most popular artworks and rooms. There is also a route planner through the museum, in case you want to make your own route, though it can be a bit complicated to use.
The Hermitage has three floors to walk: the ground floor, the first and the second. Along the way, you are sure to be lost. There are always employees in different rooms that can help you find the way. Their disposition is always very good, but most likely they only speak Russian.
On the ground floor there are exhibitions of primitive art, findings made in the ancient Soviet territory, Oriental art and culture and Egyptian and classical antiquities.
There is also the Treasure Gallery the Golden Room and the Diamond Room , which can only be visited with a guided tour it can be booked on the Hermitage official website. Most of the guided tours begin in the entrance hall to the Winter Palace, through which the first floor is accessed through the main staircase of the palace a dazzling 18th century creation of marble, granite and gold.
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