State Hermitage Museum Cats

The cats of the Hermitage live.

State hermitage museum cats. Among the treasures at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg are the cats who have been guarding the gallerys famous artworks from mice since the mid-18th century. Petersburg is home to some of the worlds most valued treasuresas well as about 70 cats. The state hermitage museum itself has three individuals who act as caretakers of these cats and a press secretary to deal with the cats.

Why do housecats roam the halls of the HermitageAnd why did they disappear during World War TwoSince the era of Catherine the Great the Hermitage has been. Mikhail Piotrovsky director of The State Hermitage Museum in Russia laments the fact that. The State Hermitage Museum in Russias Saint Petersburg one of the most famous art museums in the world has a staff including numerous specialists in sculpture history painting but also believe it or not a special kind of four-legged specialists that work under the Jordan Staircase in the Hermitages Winter Palace.

More people ask about cats than art at The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. It was founded in 1754 by the Queen Catherine the Great and houses a gigantic collection of over three million items. While the museums feline residents are not permitted inside the.

A file photo shows a cat in front of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. A cat guard is seen in front of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Russias hermitage museum is stuffed with cats by alanna martinez 111715 301pm this picture taken on october 14 2015 reveals a cat in entrance of the state hermitage museum in st.

Эрмитажные коты are a bunch of cats residing within the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russiathe museum has a press. 30 days of free revision. Always on this day museum visitors can see the basements of the Winter Palace where the cats live.

Hermitage Cat Day. PRIORITY The famous Hermitage Museum keeps 74 cats to keep its basements mice-free. You might skip the elevating bridges present and even the amber room in catherines palace however the.