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Hermitage Museum
 Hermitage EntranceCatherine the Great started her art collection in 1764 by purchasing paintings from Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky. He provided 225 or 317 paintings mainly Flemish and Dutch, including 90 not precisely identified, to the Russian crown. |  Hermitage MuseumThe entrance ticket for foreign tourists costs more than the fee paid by citizens of Russia and Belarus. However, entrance is free of charge the first Thursday of every month for all visitors, and free daily for students and children. The museum is closed on Mondays. |  Hall Of GeneralsOriginally, the only building housing the collection was the 'Small Hermitage'. Today, the Hermitage Museum encompasses many buildings on the Palace Embankment and its neighbourhoods. Apart from the Small Hermitage, the museum now also includes the 'Old Hermitage' the 'New Hermitage', the 'Hermitage Theatre', and the 'Winter Palace'.In recent years, the Hermitage has expanded to the General Staff Building on Palace Square in front of the Winter Palace, and the Menshikov Palace. |
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