Hermitage Museum Russia Cats

The cats of the Hermitage live in a large cellar of almost 20 km long.

Hermitage museum russia cats. Its located in St. Theyre probably not the same cats from 250-odd years ago but. Once the Winter Palace of one of the worlds most powerful families the Romanovs The State Hermitage Museum in St.

In the course of the summer time. The truth is the feline mates made such an. Cats guarded the palaces art galleries and cellars the Hermitage has nearly 20 km of them from rats and mice during the Napoleonic invasion the Bolshevik Revolution and under Soviet rule as.

This segment from Museum Secrets features. Theyre not new theyve been there since the mid-1700s. The State Hermitage Museum in Russias Saint Petersburg one of the most famous art museums in the world has a staff including numerous specialists in sculpture history painting but also believe it or not a special kind of four-legged specialists that work under the Jordan Staircase in the Hermitages Winter Palace.

Hermitage is one the largest and oldest museum in Europe. With all those years it was growing in size adding more and more nearby historical buildings to its complex. Эрмитажные коты are a bunch of cats residing within the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russiathe museum has a press secretary devoted to.

However not everyone knows that the Hermitage museum has another special attraction. 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. About 50 cats live in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

PRIORITY The famous Hermitage Museum keeps 74 cats to keep its basements mice-free. A French man has left money to 50 cats who live in Russias Hermitage Museum. On visiting Russias world-famous Hermitage Museum its impossible to miss the army of cats guarding the building against pesky mice.