Over $400 million to be spent on Hermitage’s 250th anniversary

$413 million will be spent on events to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Russia’s Hermitage museum in 2014, federal bank officials said on Wednesday.

Buildings in the Winter Palace complex will also see large-scale repairs.

The Hermitage, among Europe’s largest museums, was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764.

 

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