The State Hermitage Museum has a collection of about three million works of art and monuments of world culture. It consists of painting, graphics, sculpture and objects of applied art, archaeological finds and numismatic material.
The main ensemble of the Hermitage, located in the center of St. Petersburg, includes the Winter Palace - the former ceremonial residence of the Russian emperors, the buildings of the Small, Old and New Hermitage, the Hermitage Theater and the Reserve House. The museum complex includes the Menshikov Palace and the east wing of the General Staff Building, the Old Village Restoration and Storage Center and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory.