Hermitage Museum Cats Website
In 2007 the museum began obtaining cats through pet adoption programs.
Hermitage museum cats website. The cats of the Hermitage are according to their director Mikhail Piotrovski an important part of the life of the museum and one of its living legends. A Hermitage cat. Petersburg to the court of His Imperial Majesty.
Photo is taken from the website. Russias hermitage museum is stuffed with cats by alanna martinez 111715 301pm this picture taken on october 14 2015 reveals a cat in entrance of the state hermitage museum in st. Petersburg famous museum The Hermitage has a secret collection a tradition of allowing a herd of cats to roam over much of the grounds and live in the basement.
The cats now numbering about 70 live in the Hermitage since its foundation in 1764 to protect the mice from the numerous works of art that house the galleries of the gallery. Once a motley crew of frightened strays hiding half-starving in the palaces basement the Hermitages cats are now a well-loved well-fed part of the museums family. The Hermitage hosts an annual party for the cats and has a website where locals.
Russia and St Petersburg Albums. The cats first took up residence inside the Hermitage well before it was a museum in 1745 when Empress Elisabeth put out a call for the finest cats of Kazan to help catch mice in what was. The application is available on a special website established for this purpose.
The Baroque Winter Palace 1754-1762 designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neo-Classical Small Hermitage and Large Hermitage. One of the largest collection points for cats was Tyumen and residents of several Siberian cities sent their feline pets here for further transpiration to. The official site provides a virtual tour and history of the museum buildings.
Every cat has its own dishes sleeping basket and a toilet. Army of cats at the Hermitage Museum. A warning sign about cats.