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.

State hermitage museum cats. 30 days of free revision. Theyre not new theyve been there since the mid-1700s. AFP Photos For more than a century visitors have marveled at the Hermitage Museums precious collections and for just as long dozens of cats have prowled the Saint Petersburg palaces sprawling cellars.

A small fire on Friday at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg raised alarms about the fate of one of its greatest treasures. Mikhail Piotrovsky director of The State Hermitage Museum in Russia laments the fact that. It was founded in 1754 by the Queen Catherine the Great and houses a gigantic collection of over three million items.

PRIORITY The famous Hermitage Museum keeps 74 cats to keep its basements mice-free. The State Hermitage Museum in St. The Hermitage cats are official considered as highly-qualified specialists of cleaning the museum from rats.

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. As the director of the state museum in Saint Petersburg says the cats are even as popular as Rembrandt. A The Hermitage Cats.

You might skip the elevating bridges present and even the amber room in catherines palace however the. Every cat has its own passport and a vet book. Petersburg is home to some of the worlds most valued treasuresas well as about 70 cats.

Cats in the museum. A cat guard is seen in front of the State Hermitage Museum in St. You can read more about this service here or please contact our Support team for more details.