The State Hermitage Museum has a collection numbering about three million works of art and monuments of world culture. In its structure - painting, drawing, sculpture and works of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material. 

In the main ensemble of the Hermitage situated in the center of St. Petersburg consists of the Winter Palace - the former residence of the Russian emperors grand buildings of the Small, Old and New Hermitage, Hermitage Theatre and the Reserve House. The museum complex includes the Menshikov Palace and the eastern wing of the General Staff Building, Restoration and Storage Centre "Old Village" and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory.