Hermitage Museum

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‘Hermitage Museum’

The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings in St Petersburg, the most famous of which is the Winter Palace. This is a collection for superlatives ' two and a half centuries' worth of art, one of the world's finest and most valuable collections, comprising some 3 million items, including more French artworks than anywhere outside France. Daunting but magnificent.

Official Hermitage Museum Website

5 / 5 Review by member amoore

‘Undoubtedly one of the best museum experiences in the world’

Put our of your mind the fact that many of these treasures were taken from the Germans who took them from other European powers in WWII. Neither is this the time to think about social equality, starving peasants in frozen wastelands and the lucky sperm club. This is the most magnificent palace in a one-time leading European capital. The splendour and variety of the rooms is breathtaking. You could easily go round without looking at the contents and be extremely impressed. Now add in room after room of magnificent art treasures, all well hung, and you cannot fail to be impressed.

5 / 5 Review by member Jimba

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