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hermiTage friendS’ cluB
The State Hermitage Museum is inviting
you to participate in its special international
programme – The Hermitage Friends’ Club.
The State Hermitage Museum was the first
museum in Russia to organize a Friends’ society
back in November 1996. Since that time,
to be a Friend of the Hermitage has become
a good tradition. Many international and Russian
companies, charitable organizations, foundations
and individuals have already become
Members of the Hermitage Friends’ Club.
We invite you and/or your company to join
the international Hermitage Friends’ Club and thus
contribute to the preservation of the priceless
treasures which form the Hermitage’s legacy,
guaranteeing that they are available to future
generations.
The main developmenT programmeS
of The hermiTage are:
Restoration and renovation of the museum buildings,
halls and premises;
Restoration of exhibits;
Improvement of visitor services;
Academic research and education programmes;
Purchase of new exhibits.
The donation may be made in the form of money or
goods, services, materials, or special discounts for “in-kind”
donations.
Different levels of Individual and Corporate Membership
are offered depending on the sum of your donation for
one of the development programmes.
The State Hermitage Museum gratefully receives donations
from its supporters, and grants special privileges to
the Hermitage Friends.
All Hermitage Friends receive Personal Membership Cards
of the Hermitage Friends’ Club.
Personal Membership Card entitles its holder (according
to the Membership Level chosen) to participate in the special
programme of visiting temporary exhibitions of the
State Hermitage Museum as well as the permanent displays
and the Hermitage branches and centres in Russia
and abroad (St. Petersburg, Vyborg, Kazan, Amsterdam).
The holders of the Personal Membership Cards receive
invitations to participate in special events arranged exclusively
for the Hermitage Friends’ Club Members.
The Internet café offers a 30% discount to the Hermitage
Friends;
Shops and kiosks offer a 20% discount to the Hermitage
Friends;
The museum Internet shop (www.shop.
hermitagemuseum.org) offers a 10% discount to the
Hermitage Friends;
Members of the Hermitage Friends’ Club are welcome
to enter the Hermitage Museum from the Komendantsky
Entrance of the Winter Palace, where they can use
the cloakroom and have a rest in the Friends Room.
Some of the privileges granted by the Hermitage to
Corporate Members of the international Hermitage
Friends’ Club in proportion to the level of their charitable
contribution:
The Corporate Members are added to the “List of
Sponsors and Patrons of the State Hermitage Museum”,
which is published in the Hermitage’s Annual Report
and on the official website of the State Hermitage
Museum (www.hermitagemuseum.org).
An Honorary Diploma is awarded to the Corporate
Member to certify its support in the development
of the Hermitage.
For organizations making especially significant contributions,
the Director of the Hermitage grants additional benefits.
all memBerShipS are renewaBle annually.
for furTher informaTion
on The hermiTage friendS’ cluB,
pleaSe, conTacT:
friendS’ office
Komendantsky Entrance to the Winter Palace
(from Palace Square)
Tel.: (007 812) 710 90 05
Fax: (007 812) 571 95 28
Email: friendsclub@hermitage.ru
poSTal addreSS:
The State Hermitage Museum
34 Dvortsovaya Emb.
190000 St. Petersburg
Russia
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