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The State Hermitage Museum
4.5
26,694 reviews
#3 of 3,196 things to do in St. Petersburg
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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One of the most famous art museums in the world, this museum is housed in the Winter Palace, and contains over 2.7 million exhibits including some of the world's greatest works of art.
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Neighborhood: Admiralteisky
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  • Admiralteyskaya • 7 min walk
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TandTSwitzerland
Zurich, Switzerland1,080 contributions
Excellent exhibitions
Sep 2021
Beautiful palace with many nice rooms. The exhibitions are excellent, Rembrandt, Rubens etc. - you will need time to explore the whole museum and be prepared to see many people so I recommend to get there early. Definitely a must for you visit!
Written September 23, 2021
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Triptopersia-Agent
Shiraz, Iran142 contributions
History and art (but no one knows English)
Nov 2022
I have no words to describe the place.
This museum is really a treasury, the building itself is very beautiful and magnificent.

We used Audioguide which is available to rent at the gate but unfortunately the 2nd and 3rd floors didn't have Audio guide support.

The staff of the museum does not know any English, I lost my way and none of them could help me,
this was strange for a well-known museum that has visitors from all over the world.
Written November 20, 2022
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Conchy MR
Madrid, Spain9 contributions
Pay extra for exclusive visit
Jul 2019
This was my second visit to this incredible museum, the first during the USSR regime. The museum is in better shape now although you could see it much better before, now the crowds are so huge that it is not worth the time unless you pay extra for a private visit before the museum opens to the public. I can not recommend any other way to visit it. We were a group of four with a guide and we could walk through the place at our own speed without worrying about crowds, there were justa few of us. When we were going out, we collided with hundreds of people getting in and we hd trouble exiting the place. Since the place is huge a mere 2 hour visit only gives you an idea of the place, go several times if you can... I highly advise to visit it in the cold months of winter or if you go during the summer to get a private visit.
Written January 4, 2020
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CAPerth
Perth227 contributions
Fantastic but don’t waste your time on the Peacock Clock
Jun 2019
As everyone else has said, the exhibits at the Hermitage are truly mind blowing and world class. We planned our visit with our excellent guide Nina (from Tzarina Tours, who organised the tickets so we basically just went straight in) for Wednesday afternoon so we could see the Peacock Clock. I wanted to do a review just for the peacock clock but it doesn’t appear to be separated out on TA. Would have only given it 2 stars. After several hours with Nina covering the main exhibits, we went back at about 6.15pm to try to secure a good spot to see the peacock clock, considering that it was peak season in mid-June. There was already a small crowd but we were able to secure a fairly close spot and then as time went on others got fed up and left and so we actually ended up in a prime spot right in front of the clock. I had thought the clock was at 7.30pm but it turned out that it was not until 8pm, so it was a long wait for a large crowd. But then when the time finally came and the man entered the enclosure to wind the clock and start the performance (which lasts about one minute), he crouched down to wind the clock but then stood up about ten seconds into the show, almost obliterating the view for anyone directly in front and ruining any photo opportunities. Those on the side would have had a better view though. Don’t know whether we just got a bad day or if this is normal. But a nice touch was that they did allow small children to come and sit inside the ropes, so long as they didn’t touch the glass enclosure.
So a long wait to have the view obscured – we would have been much better off using the time to view other exhibits in the museum. If you want to see the clock in action, just get there 5 or 10 minutes early and you will probably see as much over the crowd as we did from right in front.
Written May 26, 2020
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Maxim
England, UK30 contributions
Excellent place, but a bit of grim attitude of some staff members towards kids
Dec 2021
Been several times. Excellent place. Now especially better when you can book a time slot for entering the museum, so no need to queue now, however there is miscommunication on the website about booking kids tickets and also the web site says that ticket office is shut there, but when we turned up there with kids, we were told off in a rude form that we should have gotten the free tickets for kids at the ticket office, that according to the web site is shut. So we were talked upon in a rude form for following their own instructions! Also the staff members in most of the rooms should be a bit friendlier towards kids in my opinion. However, there were only a handful that were very positive towards young kids, as this encourages visits to museums with young kids…
Written January 15, 2022
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Igor Alexeev
Moscow, Russia112,159 contributions
The State Hermitage Museum: summer walks...
Jun 2022
The world famous museum. Number 6 in the Top 10 most popular museums in the world, with 1.7 million visitors per year. What is undoubtedly great about the museum is the possibility to enter at any time and to stay as long as you like... And so we did, as we had 4 free hours before the Sapsan. In a week, of course, all the exhibits of the Hermitage cannot be seen, but in 4 hours it is quite possible to try. If you want to see new expositions (in our case, “Two Palmyras” and “Oman at the Hermitage”), and also make sure that all the old expositions are in their proper places. We generally succeeded. The ticket price, by the way, is 1000 ₽. Bought online from the museum website.
Written September 23, 2022
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MANsour ABDoli
Tehran, Iran88 contributions
We were the only people in many halls
Feb 2022
We had amazing experience in Saint Petersburg in Winter 2022.
That was cold winter without any big group or any sort of mass tourism there. we could walk easily in the museum. Visit our favorite halls and watch painting for long time without annoying from other people.
Believe or not, we stayed in front of da Vinci painting for some minutes and we were the only people in the hall.
All in all I highly recommend to visit Hermitage museum in winter time. You can experience same as walking in the private gallery, not one of the biggest and the most popular museum in the world
Written October 1, 2022
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daniel r
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Visited during the pandemic. There are 2 routes to choose from. Each "session" is for 2 hours
Aug 2020
The Palace complex of the State Hermitage is situated on the banks of Neva river, having amazing Baroque architecture, with wonderful collection of paintings and artefacts. Winter Palace, small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage, General Staff building and Alexander Column are part of complex. Sections of Italian Art, English Art, Russian Art, Flemish Art, French Art etc., Classical antiquity, Treasure Galleries, Numismatics, Jordan stair case, Peter Hall (small throne room, War gallery, Peacock clock, Leonardo da Vinci room, Large Throne room, Gold drawing room, Italian sky light hall, the Crouching Boy of Michelangelo, 19th century B.C. statue etc. are must watch. Needs minimum 4-5 hours to visit main areas of the complex and 6 pm is the closing time of Museum.
Written July 22, 2021
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Vicky Silve
Abbadia Lariana, Italy617 contributions
A casket of history and treasures
Sep 2022
Probably this is the only surviving residence of the Tsars in the city center. Nowadays it’s mainly known as the building in which the treasures of Hermitage Museum are guarded. In the architecture of the palace, you can easily recognize Bartolomeo Rastrelli’s style.
Written September 28, 2022
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Jeff Zorak
1 contribution
Tour guide couldn't be more vague
Oct 2019
Overall I think the museum was okay, but as it was such a large one, my tour guide was incapable of explaining anything in detail to me. I asked him what the enormous statue was, and he responded saying that, "this is the main statue of Russia, no actually it's the Russian statue". Whereas the research I did when I got home said that it was the 'Russian Hermitage Statue'. He himself was not aware and this fact annoyed me. The museum may be good but it's too large to be explained by one guide. I learnt absolutely nothing out of it, and it wasted my $70, not to mention my time too.
Written August 18, 2020
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  • Tue - Tue 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Wed - Wed 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
  • Thu - Thu 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Fri - Sun 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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