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What You'll Do
• Discover architectural and historical wonders
• Get insider access to the world of the tsars and emperors
• Explore the Hermitage Museum's Treasury Galleries with a personal
private guide
• Examine the development of the jeweler's craft through history,
which goes as far back as the 3rd millennium BC
The collection at the Treasure Galleries holds a very rich selection of
jewellery masterpieces owned by the Russian Imperial family. Two
magnificent halls present their visitors with many master works of
jewellery from various countries, belonging to different epochs, from
ancient times to the early 20th century. The first gallery, called the
Golden Rooms has works from Eurasia, the Black Sea Littoral in antiquity,
and the Orient. It consists of around 1,500 works made from gold and
dating from the 7th century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. The main idea
of the second section, which is called the Diamond Rooms, is to show the
development of the jeweler's craft over the course of mankind's many
centuries of history from the third millennium B.C. to the start of the 20th
century.
Availability: Daily, except Monday
HERMITAGE MUSEUM
TREASURE GALLERIES