Tourists at the Hermitage Museum
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Tourists at the Hermitage Museum
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography Photography Digitally Enhanced
Description
"Tourists at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg" by Catherine Sherman.
Tourists crowd into a room featuring a portrait of Tsar Alexander I on horseback in the state Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Portraits of other important Russian figures line the walls of the grandly decorated room.
The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture and is one of the largest and oldest museums in the world. It was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852.
I visited the Hermitage during its busiest time of year and saw as many tourists as I did art, so I decided to enjoy the crowd as part of the art, sort of performance art. Otherwise, I would have only photographs of ceilings!
Our guide told us to return in the winter, after the tourists had all gone, if we really wanted to enjoy the art. If it weren't so cold, dark, far away and expensive, I would be tempted, because it truly is an amazing and gorgeous museum.
The museum's collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million items, including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors.
Featured in "Artwork Manipulated Digitally" group (11/18/2015); "All Art Welcome" group (01/08/2016); "Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife - ONE A DAY" group (01/22/2016); "Starving Artists Photographers" group (01/30/2016)
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November 3rd, 2015
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