Hermitage Museum in Russia

Hermitage Museum in Russia 

Is the Museum of Art and Culture is located in Saint Petersburg in Russia, one of the oldest and largest museums in the world and was founded in 1964 by Catherine the Great, which is open to visitors in 1852 and is considered one of the most important tourist destinations and is visited by about 5.3 million visitors a year 
And contains the largest collection of paintings in the world and was the museum is the former residence of the Russian emperors works in this museum 1,500 people of whom 160 scientists in ancient artifacts 

The museum also houses many works by artists such as Michelangelo and Leonard da Vinci and Rubens and Van Dyck, and Monet, Cezanne and Picasso was the Empress Catherine II, which she spent most of her time in this museum with Siftha because it was a place isolated and comfortable 

It consists of five buildings and their names are the Hermitage and the Hermitage Little Old and New Hermitage and the Hermitage Theater and the Winter Palace and the museum contains 15,000 paintings and 12,000 statue 
This consists of the halls of the museum to display the artifacts, there are halls display pieces Pharaonic, Islamic and other display pieces halls Greek, Romanian and other halls display boards for months, drawing artists such as Leonardo da Fitch and Michelangelo 

Open Dates: 
Open daily except Sunday from 10:30 - 18:00 
But on Sunday from 10:30 pm - 17:00 
Closed on Monday 
Fees Aljul: 
The cost of entry: 400 rubles