Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of The State Hermitage Museum in Russia, laments the fact that foreign dignitaries ask him more about the Hermitage’s cats than they do about its Rembrandts. It’s a joke.

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

It is famed as one of the world’s biggest and greatest galleries – a treasure trove of art that nestles on the River Neva at the heart of Russia’s most picturesque city. But as of this summer, St ...

St. Petersburg, Fla.—The Hermitage Apartment Homes, a new luxury apartment community from The Allen Morris Company, has broken ground in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. The 348-unit, eight-story ...

Tourists also named cultural treasure the third-best museum in the world. The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has once again been voted the best museum in Europe and, this year, has ...

ST. PETERSBURG, April 9. /TASS/. Cats’ Republic, a famous St. Petersburg "cat cafe" is encouraging its furry inhabitants to work from home, launching an online video service where cat-lovers can watch ...