The London Friends of the Hermitage exist to support the Hermitage Museum, one of the world’s greatest museums. The museum has a collection of over 3 million pieces, including many masterpieces, and is housed in the Winter Palace and adjoining buildings in St Petersburg.
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GALA BANQUET IN THE HERMITAGE ST. PETERSBURG 25 JUNE 2010
The Hermitage Banquet is one of the city’s most exclusive events, attracting around 200 people to a black tie evening that is now in its 5th year. The theme of this year’s banquet is ‘Art of the 21st Century’, and sculptures by Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley will be on show. Guests are invited to wander through the spectacular galleries of the Hermitage encountering music and dance as they go.
Tickets are available from info@hermitagefriends.org
“The Hermitage is a world museum, and a museum for the whole world”
Professor Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum