The Hermitage is one of the largest art museums in the world, the exposition of which is located in more than 350 rooms. A special place is occupied by the ceremonial interiors of the palace.
The State Hermitage has a collection of over three million works of art and monuments of world culture. It includes painting, graphics, sculpture and objects applied arts, archaeological finds and numismatic material.
It's no secret that guests of the city during their stay in St. Petersburg, of course, plan to visit it, so we offer you information about the work of the museum and its upcoming exhibitions.
"Hermitage", opening hours on New Year's holidays, 2018: timetable, how to get there?
IN new year holidays state museum The Hermitage did not work on January 1, January 7, 2018 will also be a day off at the museum.
On other days, according to the usual schedule - Monday is a day off, Tuesday and Friday from 10:30 to 21:00, other days from 10:30 to 18:00.
It is important to remember that in the city in holidays there will be many who want to visit the Hermitage and you have to be ready to stand in line for an hour or two.
Address: Palace Square, 2, Hermitage
Directions: St. m. "Admiralteyskaya", "Nevsky prospect", " Gostiny Dvor"; by land transport to the stop. "State Hermitage Museum".
"Hermitage", opening hours on New Year's holidays, 2018: poster of upcoming events
At the beginning of the month, a separate hall was opened in the museum, which presents costumes and outfits from different eras and peoples - the exposition will also function on holidays, and its visit will not leave indifferent adults or children.
From December 23 to January 14 inclusive, the museum foyer hosts special program dedicated to the New Year and Christmas - "We paint in the Hermitage" will give unforgettable memories, charge magical festive mood and will prove to be quite a pleasant pastime for people of all ages.
The Hermitage in St. Petersburg is open on holidays as usual. The museum is happy to receive on vacation, all residents and visitors of the city.
Holidays, one might say, continue. Therefore, you need to think about how to spend interesting and useful time. While in St. Petersburg, many will have a desire to visit the Hermitage, the most famous museum in this area.
How the Hermitage works for the New Year holidays 2018: a famous museum in St. Petersburg
The Hermitage is considered one of the largest art museums in the world. The main motives of the museum are the ratio of wealth and extraordinary diversity. It contains over three million artistic masterpieces. Among which are paintings, sculptures, coins, drawings and much more.
On the official website of the museum, an additional option "Plan your visit" has appeared. To do this, you need to note the purpose of the visit, and accordingly visit the Hermitage. As part of the museum's collection, you can see - painting, graphics, sculptures, objects of applied art, archaeological finds. The museum is very popular among visitors to the city. Therefore, it is necessary to know the visiting days and information about the work of the museum on weekends.
How the Hermitage works for the New Year holidays 2018: the museum operates as usual
In early January, a separate hall was opened in the Hermitage. It will present the outfits and costumes of the peoples in different eras. These expositions can be seen during the New Year holidays. The museum management believes that this exhibition will not go unnoticed by adults and children. Also, a special program will be held in the hall, dedicated to Christmas. Performances will give the audience unforgettable memories, as well as magical emotions.
In 2018, the doors of the Hermitage opened to visitors on the first New Year's Thursday. And completely free. A day off is planned for museums on January 7th. On other days, his work takes place according to the usual schedule: Tuesday and Friday from 10:30 to 21:00, other days, from half past eleven to six o'clock. It must be remembered that many people are going to visit the famous landmark of the city. Therefore, be prepared to stand in line for several hours.
How the Hermitage works for the New Year holidays 2018: how to get to the museum
The museum is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on Palace Square. Thanks to this, you can get by metro to the Admiralteyskaya station. After that, you need to take a few steps to Malaya Morskaya Street. Turn onto Nevsky Prospekt, and go straight to the entrance of the Hermitage, on a huge square.
To enter the museum, you will need to purchase tickets. The cost of which, for the inhabitants of Russia will be only four hundred rubles. Free admission for children, students and pensioners. For foreign citizens, the ticket price will be 700 rubles. You must carry a valid ID with you for certain benefits. In case of his absence, the visitor will be forced to pay full cost ticket.
Fans of cultural recreation will be able to spend the New Year holidays interesting and informative. Many museums will be opened in St. Petersburg. Their mode of operation will be discussed in this article. During these holidays there will be a discount on all tickets to the museums of the northern capital, you just have to not miscalculate over time, otherwise you can get under closed doors.
Museums of St. Petersburg have prepared interesting program for the indigenous people and guests of this beautiful city during these New Year holidays. Many tickets will be sold at a discount. It is only necessary to clarify their working hours in order not to arrive at closing time. The article will tell you more about this.
- Hermitage
- Russian Museum
- Faberge Museum
- Naval Museum
- Zoo museum
- Railway Museum
Hermitage
This ancient museum rightfully considered the king of all temples of culture. It is both a historical and an art museum. Anyone who visits it will bring double benefits for himself - for the soul and knowledge of history.
It is especially pleasant to visit it on New Year's holidays - you can enjoy the beauty, and this is important for raising your spirits.
Important: But it is worth considering that on December 31 this museum is open only until 18:30! On January 1, the Hermitage will not be open! It will open only on January 2 at 10.30. On Thursday, admission to the museum will be absolutely free for everyone! This opportunity is worth taking advantage of. In addition, every day admission is free for children under the age of majority, as well as pensioners and full-time students.
Russian Museum
This Art Museum will open its doors only on January 3 and will work daily from 10 am to 18 pm. True, not everyone can enjoy free access to famous museum– Admission is free for students only. But there is also nice moment for people who have long graduated from school and who want to spend time in this fascinating place - residents of St. Petersburg will be given a discount.
Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta
The museum can be visited by everyone from December 31, from 10 am to 10 am. The most unusual and modern exhibits will appear before connoisseurs in all their glory, and the Museum Stage will give a concert to all lovers of the classics - New Year's holiday concert"Strauss Hall" can be visited by everyone until 10 am. The museum will give an unforgettable experience for New Year, but on the first day of January Erarta will open its doors only at 14:00. Basically, timetables will remain unchanged.
Faberge Museum
All connoisseurs and simply wishing to get acquainted with famous collection jeweler Faberge, can visit the Shuvalov Palace, but on January 1, the doors of the museum will be closed. The museum schedule will remain exactly the same as on other days - from 10 am to 10 pm.
Important: It must be remembered that the museum closes 15 minutes before the end of the time, so at 21:45 you must leave the walls of the palace.
Naval Museum
One of oldest museums countries will resume its work on January 2, 2018, from 11 o'clock in the afternoon. The most famous exhibits of the naval theme, paintings by Aivazovsky and other famous masters, accurate models famous ships, many other interesting things can be seen, also, on any day except Christmas, which will be January 7th. During the winter holidays, lovers of this type of art can purchase a subscription that allows you to visit all four branches of the Naval Museum, for example, the museum located on the famous cruiser Aurora.
Zoo museum
This Magic world a wide variety of animals can be visited on any day except December 31 and January 1. Three floors of amazing exhibits, which can only be seen in this museum, will open their doors from 1:00 to 18:00. But you need to know in advance that there are rules in this building, the violation of which can be fraught with a visit to the police and a fine. These rules are easily explained by the existence of such unusual exhibits. Food cannot be brought into the museum, children must come only accompanied by adults, and it is strictly forbidden to leave them unattended.
Railway Museum
This museum opened relatively recently, but has already managed to get a special love among art connoisseurs. The main exhibits are, of course, railways, steam locomotives, the history of their construction. But not only the lighting of engineering is presented in the museum, guests can enjoy the atmosphere of the Nikolaev era, paintings and other things of the 19th century. Its area occupies 4 football fields- very big square of such a museum is explained by its contents.
Important: This unusual collection of interesting exhibits cannot be visited on December 31, January 1 and 2, as well as on the 8 and 9, as the museum will close its doors. On other days, you can visit a unique place from 10 am to 6 pm. The museum has rules - children under 3 years old are not allowed to visit, and minors must be accompanied by adult relatives.
Find out which museums in the New Year holidays 2019 offer their visitors free admission, as well as get acquainted with the detailed schedule of their work, will help short review prepared by our metropolitan guides.
Catalog of free museums in Moscow
For Muscovites, who in the New Year pay attention not only to entertainment, but also to the cultural component of this wonderful holiday, the action, annually held by the Moscow Mayor's Office and the Department of Culture of Russia, is a real gift.
Thanks to the presence in the metropolis of hundreds of historical, military and cultural museums, the choice of citizens and guests of the capital is simply enormous. However, before devoting your leisure time to visiting museums, you should familiarize yourself in advance with the list of institutions in which there is a discount for free admission. It is equally important to find out the exact schedule of their work during the period New Year holidays.
For example, some museums are open only on certain days and even hours. The list of such objects includes the Moscow Ethnographic Museum, which can be accessed exclusively on the 1st Thursday of the month and at the same time strictly until 17:00 local time. In 2019, the working day of the institution falls on January 3rd. Unlike the Ethnographic Museum, you can come to the Museum of the History of Photography on any day of the week, except weekends.
As for the working schedule, most of the free museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg will open their doors from January 8th. IN total, more than 90 museum institutions will operate during the New Year holidays, including exhibition halls and memorial apartments. Some of them can be accessed only by special (preliminary) registration. In order not to miss your chance, you must visit the official website of the museum you are interested in in advance and carefully read the list of services provided by it.
A preliminary list of the most popular museums in Moscow, admission to which is free for children and adults, is as follows:
- Provisional Stores (architectural complex), Zubrovsky Boulevard, 2;
- "Lefortovo" (Museum of History), st. Kryukovskaya, 23;
- Museum Garden Ring (Prospect Mira, 14, building 10);
- "Old English Court" (Varvarka, 4A);
- Tretyakov Gallery (Lavrushensky lane, 10);
- Museum of Archeology ( Manezhnaya Square, 1A);
- Exhibition Center Gilyarovsky (Stoleshnikov lane, 9, building 1);
- Museum of Heroes of the USSR and Russia (Bolshaya Cheremushinskaya, 24, building 3);
- "House on the Embankment" local history museum), st. Serafimovicha, 2, entrance 1;
- State Museum of Defense of Moscow (Michurinskiy prospect, 3);
- State Darwin Museum (Vavilova, 57);
- "Tsaritsyno" (Iuzey-reserve), st. Dolsskaya, 1;
- Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics (Prospect Mira, 111);
- "Izmailovo" (museum-estate), the town of. Bauman, 2;
- Memorial apartment of A. Pushkin (Arbat, house 53);
- House of N. Gogol ( science Library And memorial museum), Nikitsky Boulevard, 7A;
- State Museum of S. Yesenin (Big Strochenovsky lane, 24);
- Museum of M. Bulgakov (Sadovaya, 10, apt. 50);
- "New Manege" (exhibition hall), Geogrievsky lane 3, building 3;
- Moscow museums contemporary art(Ermolaevsky lane, 17, Gogol Boulevard, 10, Tverskoy Boulevard, 9);
- "History of the Russian Navy" (museum and memorial complex), st. Freedoms, possessions 44-48.
- "History of the T-34 tank" ( museum complex), Moscow region, Sholokhov village, 88A.
It is worth noting that the list presented is only a small part of the capital's museums, which will be available for free admission in January 2019. A full list of them can be found on the official portal of the Moscow Department of Culture.
Free museums of St. Petersburg
IN northern capital popular museums open their doors only on certain days of January. Below is a catalog of museums that you can visit for free during the winter holidays:
- State Hermitage: free admission for visitors: January 3, 2019 from 10:30 to 17:00;
- Russian ethnographical museum: January 3, 2019 - entrance for cadets of universities, January 6 - for children under 16 years old;
- Palace of A. Menshikov: 01/03/2019;
- Museum-Kunstkamera: daily, except holidays; reduced admission for children only preschool age, orphans and members of large families;
- "Russian Museum": daily; preferential entry is provided to persons belonging to one of the preferential categories, the full list of which can be found on the website of the Department of Culture of Russia);
- Museum of A. Akhmatova: daily; free admission for university students;
— Gallery of Modern Art (Mokhovaya, 18): visiting time — Tuesday — Saturday, from 100:00 to 19:30; - Sampson Cathedral (monument museum): daily from 10:00 to 19:00;
- Art Center (Pushkinskaya, 10): Wednesday - Sunday, opening hours: 15:00 - 19:00;
- Museum of the History of Photography: opening hours from Tuesday to Saturday from 13:00 to 17:00;
- Kronstadt maritime museum: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the entrance for visitors is open from 11:00 to 18:00;
- V.Nabokov's apartment-museum: daily; free admission during opening hours.
WITH complete list Museums that can be visited free of charge during the winter holidays can be found both on thematic forums and on the official resource of the Russian Department of Culture.
To all guests and residents cultural capital It is better for Russia to clarify the opening hours of St. Petersburg museums during the New Year holidays in 2018 in order to fully enjoy the masterpieces of world art. Also, during the winter holidays, many institutions have discounts on entrance tickets and it is customary to spend one day a week without paying for visiting unique collections. Details must be clarified on the websites of organizations so that instead of a pleasant stay, you do not get disappointed from closed doors.
Information about the opening hours of St. Petersburg museums during the New Year holidays in 2018 will be especially useful for tourists and guests of the capital - you can download the article to your smartphone and independently build a schedule for a single excursion on an individual basis. This will allow you not to depend on the Internet and always have reference information at hand.
January 31 see all sights Winter Palace only available until 6:30 pm. The museum will close until 10.30 on January 2, so after a noisy feast there will be time to relax and recover. The opening hours of the institution remain the same - every other day the halls will be open until 21:00 and on Thursday you can still enjoy the masterpieces for free. At the same time, free admission will remain for children under 18, full-time students and pensioners.
Russian Museum
For three whole days, the employees of the institution will have a rest together with all Russians and participate in mass celebrations- the institution will open its doors again in the New Year 2018. The opening hours of the museum in St. Petersburg will delight lovers of modern and classical art from 3 to 8 January, inviting everyone from 10 am to 6 pm on all holidays. Here the conditions for viewing the exhibits are different - only schoolchildren will pass for free. Moreover, guests of the cultural capital must pay admission ticket a few more Russian rubles.
Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta
On December 31, the permanent exhibition will acquaint its visitors with novelties in the field of art as usual - from 10 am to 8 pm. At the same time, the Museum Stage will give lovers classical music a festive traditional concert called "Strauss Hall", which is scheduled to end at 22.00.
On the first day of the new year, it will be possible to visit the permanent and temporary exhibitions located in the main building of the museum a little later. regular schedule- Erarta waits for guests only at 14.00 and the institution will work until 10 pm. The rest of the holidays will remain the same.
Faberge Museum
Shuvalov Palace will show the most a large collection products of the famous jewelry house to everyone in the usual manner, except for January 1. Here you can order group tours, individual guides or rent an audio device that allows you to plunge into the world of creativity on your own. famous masters jewelry business. The renowned museum of St. Petersburg will work on New Year's holidays in 2018 as usual, inviting you to view precious exhibits every day from 10.00 to 21.45.
Important to remember: Exposition doors close 15 minutes before the closing time of the institution, so you should plan your time in advance, taking into account the desire to get acquainted with the numerous exhibits and the fee for hourly viewing of the meeting.
Naval Museum
This is the oldest in Russia and the world cultural institution will demonstrate exhibits to everyone in the new year. Since on December 31 and January 1, employees will be able to relax with all the inhabitants of Russia. But on January 2 at 11.00 it will be possible to view numerous exhibits - from Petrine times to the present day. There are temporary exhibitions and permanent demonstrations of unique models of the most famous and unusual sea and river vessels.
There are also paintings on the sea and military theme famous masters visual arts. Fascinating stories, told by guides with many years of experience, will tell everyone the smallest and most curious details battle scenes or the creation of the most unusual ships.
It is important to know: On January 7, the museum will be closed, so admire the interesting exhibits from the naval collection will not work. During the winter holidays in the museum, you can purchase a single subscription to visit four branches of the museum at once, located on the Aurora cruiser, in Narodovolets and others.
Zoo museum
Unique exhibits collected in an incredible amount from all over the world by true devotees of their craft are available on all days of the winter holidays except December 31 and January 1 - these days the institution does not work. Every day from 1.00 to 18.00 here you can endlessly look at collections of all kinds of representatives of the animal world at once on 3 floors of the building, each of which is dedicated to different groups and is presented in all its zoological diversity.
It is important to know: in the museum there are special rules behavior, non-compliance with which is fraught with substantial fines and an unpleasant explanation with the police. So, for example, you can not bring food and drinks here. And children should view the exhibits only when accompanied by adults, in order to avoid the occurrence of conflict situations due to their restlessness and natural desire to touch everything.
On January 7, no one will let you go on a tour of the halls of the institution, as according to the schedule on this day Zoo museum does not work.
Museum of Russian Railways
This is a new complex located on a huge territory - its area is equivalent to the territory of 5 football fields. You can visit its numerous branches for free until the end of 2017, while all of them work in the same mode: on December 31, you will not be able to see the exhibits. Also, the unique engineering structure will be closed on January 1, 2, 8, 9 next year.
On the remaining days of the winter holidays, excursions and individual visits can be carried out from 10.30 to 18.00.
It is important to know: children under 3 years old are not allowed to enter the complex, other categories of visitors have age restrictions - so relatives must accompany minors throughout the excursions.
