The State Hermitage Museum: Calendar

Schedule
of Performances

January 2012

10 January 2012
Lecture: Culture and Art of Ancient Cities of the Northern Black Sea Coast
1st Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: N. K. Zhizhina

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

11 January 2012
Lecture: Venetian Art of the second half of the 16th century
2nd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: E. V. Konstantinova

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

12 January 2012
Lecture: French Art of the mid 19th century. Realism
3rd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: V. V. Belyanchikova

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

13 January 2012
Themed meeting: Travels with Hermitage Masterpieces. Towards the 250th anniversary of the Hermitage. Saint-Porchaire Ware. Diane de Poitiers and French renaissance castles
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 18. 30

13 January 2012
Lecture: Jan van Eyck
From the series: Dutch and Flemish Masters
Lecturer: S. V. Murashkina

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

14 January 2012
Lecture for the temporary exhibition Mikhail Lomonosov and the Time of Elizabeth I
Lecturer: N. Y. Guseva

School Centre
Begins at 12.30

17 January 2012
Lecture: The Celts and Roman Gaul
1st Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: S. V. Voronyatov

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

18 January 2012
Lecture: 16th century Italian Art. Mannerism
2nd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: O. Z. Kuzminskaya

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

19 January 2012
Lecture: French Art of the second half of the 19th century. Impressionism
3rd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: V. V. Belyanchikova

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

20 January 2012
Themed meeting: Evening in the halls of the Hermitage. Masterpieces of music and painting. Season opening. Venetian palaces
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

20 January 2012
Lecture: Hieronymus Bosch
From the series: Dutch and Flemish Masters
Lecturer: S. V. Murashkina

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

21 January 2012
Themed meeting: Costume. Eighteenth Century, diamond century..."
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 15.00

21 January 2012
Lecture: Foggy Albion. British Antiquities
From the series: Features of Britain. From the history of British art
Lecturer: I. V. Bykova

School Centre
Begins at 12.30

22 January 2012
Lecture: Middle Ages
From the series: 1000 years of French art (10th 20th centuries)
Lecturer: V. D. Vakhmenina

School Centre
Begins at 15.30

24 January 2012
Lecture: Culture and art of the Achaemenid Empire
1st Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: A. B. Nikitin

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

25 January 2012
Conference: Readings from Lukonin
Council Hall

25 January 2012
Lecture: 15th century Dutch art
2nd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: V. V. Klopovskaya

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

26 January 2012
Themed meeting: Dutch Living Rooms. Maurits Cornelis Escher's magic mirrors
The Menshikov Palace
Begins at 18.30

26 January 2012
Lecture: French art of the end of the 19th century. Post-impressionism
3rd Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer: V. V. Belyanchikova

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

27 January 2012
Themed meeting: Language of an era. Images and words. Classical Rome: Odes of Quintus Horatius Flaccus and Augustan classicism
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 18.30

27 January 2012
Lecture: Pieter Bruegel
From the series: Dutch and Flemish Masters
Lecturer: V. Y. Snegovskaya

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

28 January 2012
Lecture: The Dark Ages. Anglo-Saxon Britain
From the series: Features of Britain. From the history of British art
Lecturer: I. V. Bykova

School Centre
Begins at 12.30

28 January 2012
Lecture: Origin and attribution of monuments
From the series: How an egyptologist works
Lecturer: A. O. Bolshakov

School Centre
Begins at 15.30

29 January 2012
Lecture: Age of the Renaissance
From the series: 1000 years of French art (10th 20th centuries)
Lecturer: V. D. Vakhmenina

School Centre
Begins at 15.30

31 January 2012
Lecture: Iranian art of the 3rd 7th centuries
1st Year University of Foreign Fine Art in the State Hermitage Museum
Lecturer A. B. Nikitin

School Centre
Begins at 19.00

Overview tours for individual visitors daily:
tours through the main museum complex
tours through the Winter Palace of Peter I
tours to the Diamond Treasure Room or to the Golden Treasure Room of the Jewelry Gallery.

You may buy a ticket for the tour on the day of your visit to the museum in the booking offices of the Hermitage. Information on the starting time of the excursions forvthe current day is available daily at information stands and at administrators of the Information Center.

Advance booking of tours for groups in the Excursion Office of the museum by tel. (812) 571-84-46

February 2012

2 February 2012
Exhibition: Rembrandt - master of engraving
Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2 February - 29 April 2012

4 February 2012
Exhibition: Carlo Gavazzeni Ricordi. Imaginary Theatres in Rome
4 February 2012 - 25 March 2012
3rd floor halls of the Winter Palace

10 February 2012
Themed meeting: Evenings in the Hermitage halls. Masterpieces of music and painting. Grand Siecle of French art
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

11 February 2012
Themed meeting: Costume. St. Petersburg style of the modern era. Through the pages of fashion magazines from 1912
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 15.00

14 February 2012
Conference: Readings in memory of B.B. Piotrovsky
Council Hall
Begins at 10.00

15 February 2012
Exhibition: Carlo Crivelli. Annunciation with St Emidius. From the collection of the National Gallery, London. From the series Masterpieces from museums of the world in the Hermitage
Apollo Hall (260), Winter Palace
15 February - 27 May 2012

15 February 2012
Themed meeting: Hermitage meetings. Hermitage names: E.P. Lipgart (1847-1932) artist, researcher, custodian
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

16 February 2012
Themed meeting: Dutch living rooms. David and Uriah. Pro et contra
The Menshikov Palace
Begins at 18.30

17 February 2012
Themed meeting: Costume. Revived masterpieces
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 15.00

17 February 2012
Themed meeting: Language of an era. Images and words. Barley brown bread, which will feed thousands of people. Dante's Canzonere and Giotto's Frescoes
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 18.30

18 February 2012
Opening of the 9th International Festival "The Musical Hermitage"
The Hermitage Theatre
Begins at 19.00

19 February 2012
9th International Festival the Musical Hermitage. ACT Music artists at the Hermitage
The Hermitage Theatre
Begins at 19.00

23 February 2012
9th International Festival the Musical Hermitage. Norwegian jazz. Dag Arnesen Trio
The Hermitage Theatre
Begins at 19.00

24 February 2012
Themed meeting: Evenings in the Hermitage halls. Masterpieces of art and music. The Belle Époque of French Art
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

25 February 2012
9th International Festival the Musical Hermitage. ECM Records artists at the Hermitage
The Hermitage Theatre
Begins at 19.00

26 February 2012
Closing of the 9th International Festival the Musical Hermitage.
BELCANTO. A concert of opera music with performances by laureates of the Spoleto (Italy) opera singers competition
The Hermitage Theatre
Begins at 19.00

March 2012

7 March 2012
Exhibition: Second Life. Coins and medals in European applied art
Hall 307, Winter Palace
7 March - 2 May 2012

7 March 2012
Exhibition: Surimono. Poetic congratulations
Hall 375, Winter Palace
7 March - 2 September 2012

8 March 2012
Exhibition: Portraits of artists in Western European engravings of the 16th 17th centuries
Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
8 March - 10 June 2012

9 March 2012
Themed meeting: Language of an era. Images and words. The language of courtly love. The Lais of Marie de France and French international gothic art
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 18.30

15 March 2012
Themed meeting: Dutch living rooms. Rubens the draughtsman
The Menshikov Palace
Begins at 18.30

16 March 2012
Themed meeting: Evenings in the halls of the Hermitage. Masterpieces of music and painting. Celebration of life
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

20-21 March 2012
Conference: Round table dedicated to the 165th anniversary of the Hermitage Treasure Gallery
Council Hall

21 March 2012
Themed meeting: Hermitage meetings. Closing of the season. Hermitage professions: Restorer
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

30 March 2012
Themed meeting: Language of an era. Images and words. "The painter plays the spider, and hath woven a golden mesh..." Shakespeare's sonnets and portraits by Hilliard
Winter Palace of Peter I
Begins at 18.30

April 2012

3 April 2012
Conference: Architecture and archaeology seminar Christian architecture of the Middle Ages: interrelation of Western and Eastern traditions
Council Hall

6 April 2012
Themed meeting: Evenings in the halls of the Hermitage. Masterpieces of music and painting. Montmartre Belle Epoque
Winter Palace
Begins at 17. 45

10 April 2012
Exhibition: Two centuries of the french elegance. French applied art from the 17th-18th centuries in the Hermitage collection
Exhibition centre Hermitage Vyborg
10 April - 30 September, 2012

12-13 April 2012
Conference: Ninth round table The Museum and the challenges of cultural tourism
Council Hall

15-17 May 2012
Conference: The legacy of Nikolai Likhachev: interpretation of the text and image
Council Hall

16-20 April 2012
Conference: Seminar Jewellery art and material culture. 20th colloquium
Council Hall

20 April 2012
Themed meetings: Evenings in the halls of the Hermitage. Masterpieces of music and painting. Closing of the season. Arab motifs
Winter Palace
Begins at 17.45

21 April 2012
Exhibition: Only writings sound. For the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Likhachev
Byzantine and Middle East halls, the Winter Palace
21 April - 22 July 2012

24-26 April 2012
Conference: St. Petersburg egyptological readings
Council Hall, Oriental department library

25 April 2012
Exhibition: The Face of an era. Four centuries of European painting
National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
25 April - 16 July 2012

26 April 2012
Themed meeting: Dutch living rooms. Closing of the season. Research into the authenticity of Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century
The Menshikov Palace
Begins at 18.30

April 2012
Conference: Round table Mysterious animals and exotic birds. Fantastic zoomorphic examples in ancient art
Meeting hall of the department of Eastern European and Siberian archaeology

April 2012
Conference: International photography seminar
Council Hall

May 2012

19 May 2012
Exhibition: Giorgio de Chirico in the Hermitage. From the collection of the artist's family
The Twelve-Column Hall (244), The New Hermitage
19 May - 19 August 2012

June 2012

4-6 June 2012
Conference: Virtual archaeology
Council Hall

16 June 2012
Exhibition: Impressionism and its epoch
Exhibition complex Hermitage Amsterdam, the Netherlands
16 June 2012 - 12 January 2013

14-16 June 2012
Conference: The museum and education
Council Hall

23 June 2012
Exhibition: Anselm Kiefer. Collages and sculpture
The General Staff Building, the Great Court Yard of the Winter Palace
23 June - 23 September 2012

27 June 2012
Exhibition: Santiago Calatrava. The Quest for Movement
The Nicholas Hall (191), The Winter Palace
27 June - 30 September 2012

July 2012

12 July 2012
Exhibition: Catherine the Great - An Enlightened Empress
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
12 July - November 2012

28 July 2012
Exhibition: The Face of an era. Four centuries of European painting
Nagoya Municipal Museum, Nagoya, Japan
28 July - 30 September 2012

August 2012

August 2012
Exhibition: Nomadic empires of Eurasia
Exhibition centre Hermitage-Kazan
August 2012 April 2013

September 2012

5 September 2012
Exhibition: Wisdom of Astraea. Masonry monuments of the 18th and first third of the 19th century in the Hermitage collections
The Picket Room (196), The Winter Palace
5 September - 25 November 2012

8 September 2012
Exhibition: The book as art. 20 years of the publishing house Rare Books in Saint Petersburg
The Twelve-Column Hal (244), The New Hermitage
8 September - 4 November 2012

22 September 2012
Exhibition: Russian lithographic portrait of the 19th century from the Hermitage collections
Halls 169-173, The Winter Palace
22 September 2012 - 13 January 2013

22 September 2012
Exhibition: Paula Modersohn-Becker and Worpswede. Drawings and engravings 1895 - 1906
Halls on the 3rd floor of the Winter Palace
22 September - 11 November 2012

24-28 September 2012
Conference: Two centuries of Muslim numismatics in Russia. Results and Prospects
Council Hall

27 September 2012
Exhibition: Jake and Dinos Chapman. No laughing matter
Transformer Hall, General Staff Building
27 September 2012 - 13 January 2013

27 September 2012
Exhibition: Russian silver from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th centuries in the Hermitage collection
Altai Territory State Art Museum, Barnaul
27 September 2012 - 13 January 2013

September 2012
Exhibition: Medals of dishonour
The Menshikov Palace
September - November 2012

October 2012

10 October 2012
Exhibition: The Face of an era. Four centuries of European painting
Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
10 October - 7 December 2012

22-26 October 2012
Conference: Cultures of Eurasia's steppe zone and their relation with ancient civilisations
Hermitage Theatre, Council Hall

23 October 2012
Exhibition: Nicholas and Alexandra
Exhibition centre Hermitage-Vyborg
23 October 2012 - 7 April 2013

October 2012
Conference: Readings in memory of V.F. Levinson-Lessing
Council Hall

October 2012
Conference: International photography seminar
Council Hall

November 2012

20-21 November 2012
Conference: People from the Time of Peter the Great
Big Hall, The Menshikov Palace

21-23 November 2012
Conference dedicated to the 225th anniversary of the Munzkabinett numismatics department of the Hermitage
Council Hall

23 November 2012
Exhibition: Alexander the Great
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
23 November 2012 - 28 April 2013

28 November 2012
Exhibition: An artist of all schools. Christian Wilhelm Dietrich (1712-1774)
Halls on the 3rd floor of the Winter Palace
28 November 2012 - 24February 2013

November 2012
Conference: Archaeological session
Council Hall

November 2012
Conference: Greek Archaics in the Northern Black Sea Coast. For the 50th anniversary of the Berezan (Nizhnebugsky) expedition
Council Hall

December 2012

8 December 2012
The Hermitage in publications - 2011
The Hermitage in photographs - 2011
Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre (225)
8-16 December 2012

8 December 2012
Exhibition: Sentimental journey. Wedgwood in Russia
Hall 307, The Winter Palace
8 December - 31 March 2012

8 December 2012
Exhibition: 250 years of the Hermitage Library
The Twelve-Column Hall (244), The New Hermitage
8 December 2012 - 10 March 2013

8 December 2012
Exhibition: Hugo van der Goes Triptych Adoration of the Magi. For completion of the restoration
Apollo Hall (260), The Winter Palace
8 December 2012 - 27 January 2013

22 December 2012
Exhibition: Antique style Russian imperial porcelain of the second half of the 18th century. From the series Christmas gift
Hall 152, the Winter Palace
22 December 2012 - 31 March 2013

26 December 2012
Exhibition: The storm of the twelfth year, the Patriotic War of 1812 in materials of the State Hermitage
The Armorial (195) and Picket (196) halls, the Winter Palace
26 December 2012 - 7 April 2013

26 December 2012
Exhibition: "We all merge into a single soul..." Patriotic war of 1812 in the medals A.N. Olenin and his contemporaries
Rotunda (156), the Winter Palace
26 December 2012 - 7 April 2013

30 December 2012
Exhibition: We are drawing in the Hermitage
Foyer of the Hermitage Theatre (225)
30 December 2012 - 3 February 2013