Russia’s State Hermitage Museum is home to one of the largest known art collections. But the museum, which first opened its St. Petersburg doors to the public on February 5, 1852, originated ...

For more information, visit the museum's website. Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 ... the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place.

A resident tomcat at the Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, that can count and extract square roots is quickly becoming an internet star, employees of the famous art museum told TASS on Friday.

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 ... visitors each year – in fact, this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place.

Apart from that, it offers a tourist trail, Cats of St. Petersburg. In 2015, the British press put the Hermitage Museum’s cats on the list of the world’s most unusual tourist attractions.