Hermitage Museum Cats Website

The Hermitage hosts an annual party for the cats and has a website where locals.

Hermitage museum cats website. A frenchman has left cash to 50 cats who stay in russias hermitage museum. Several organizations work with the museum to sponsor the care of these cats by providing donations for food and medicine. Over the past decade the cats have become as popular as the museums collection the Hermitage staff said.

Around 70 cats guard the grounds of the Hermitage museum. One of the largest collection points for cats was Tyumen and residents of several Siberian cities sent their feline pets here for further transpiration to. The cats lived in relatively poor conditions until the mid-1990s when the museum administration began a program to care for the furry residents of Hermitage.

Guided excursions programmes and digital academy. Once the Winter Palace of one of the worlds most powerful families the Romanovs The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg Russia from mice.

Army of cats at the Hermitage Museum. The cats of the Hermitage are according to their director Mikhail Piotrovski an important part of the life of the museum and one of its living legends. Photo is taken from the website.

The Baroque Winter Palace 1754-1762 designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neo-Classical Small Hermitage and Large Hermitage. There have been cats in the Hermitage museum ever since the days of the Elizabeth Petrovna. The largest building of the State Hermitage Museum which was built to the design of architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-1762 was ordered by Empress Eliz.

The official site provides a virtual tour and history of the museum buildings. A warning sign about cats. Aug 24 2019 - About the cats that live and guard the famous museum in St.