The STaTe hermiTage muSeum annual reporT

The STaTe hermiTage muSeum annual reporT 2010
General Editor
Mikhail Piotrovsky,
Director of the state Hermitage Museum,
Corresponding Member of the Russian academy of sciences,
Full Member of the Russian academy of arts,
Professor of st. Petersburg state University,
Doctor of sciences (History)
ediTorial Board:
Mikhail Piotrovsky,
Director of the state Hermitage Museum
Georgy Vilinbakhov,
Deputy Director for Research
Svetlana Adaksina,
Deputy Director, Chief Curator
Marina Antipova,
Deputy Director for Finance and Planning
Alexei Bogdanov,
Deputy Director for Maintenance
Vladimir Matveyev,
Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Development
Mikhail Novikov,
Deputy Director for Construction
Mariam Dandamayeva,
academic secretary
Yelena Zvyagintseva,
Head of the Publishing Department
Larisa Korabelnikova,
Head of the Press service
execuTive group:
Tatiana Baranova, Mariam Dandamayeva, Yekaterina Danilina,
Viktor Faibisovich, Larisa Korabelnikova, Svetlana Philippova,
Yevgenia Viachina, Yelena Zvyagintseva
ISBN 978-5-93572-415-3
© The State Hermitage Museum, 2011
conTenTS
a year of two staircases ............................................................. 4
The State Hermitage Museum. General Information ............... 6
Awards .......................................................................................... 12
Composition of the Hermitage Collections
as of 1 January 2011 .................................................................... 14
Permanent Exhibitions ............................................................... 27
temporary Exhibitions ............................................................... 30
Restoration and Conservation .................................................... 70
Publications ................................................................................. 85
Conferences ................................................................................. 96
Dissertations ................................................................................ 99
Archaeological Expeditions ....................................................... 100
Major Construction and Restoration ......................................... 110
Structure of Visits to the Hermitage in 2010 ............................ 116
Educational Events ...................................................................... 117
Special Development Programmes............................................. 123
Board of trustees of the state Hermitage Museum ................. 133
International Advisory Board
of the State Hermitage Museum ................................................ 134
Guests of the Hermitage ............................................................. 136
Hermitage Friends Organizations .............................................. 142
Financial Statements of the State Hermitage Museum ............. 148
Principal Patrons and Sponsors of the State Hermitage
Museum in 2010 .......................................................................... 150
Hermitage Friends’ Club ............................................................ 152
staff Members of the state Hermitage Museum ...................... 154
Email Addresses of the State Hermitage Museum .................... 159