FOR THE PRESS
A NEW iPhone APP –
AN AUDIO-GUIDE TO THE MUSEUM
  We are happy to offer you an application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices covering the treasures of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.

Primarily the base application is intended for those who are planning  their visit to the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. It tells about the museum’s history and its world-famous masterpieces which you can enlarge to enjoy in details.

For those who prefer to get acquainted with the museum without leaving home and to get more information on art, we have prepared a number of supplements on various themes: virtual tours of the Hermitage with panoramas of its rooms, and educational courses based on the museum’s collection. You can load more content from the
STORE.

The base application includes 4 sections:
MUSEUM, NEWS, COLLECTIONS AND CATALOG.


MUSEUM

The section is intended for those who are planning to visit the museum. Here you will find a brief history of the Hermitage, the plans of its rooms, information on tickets’ prices and privileges, as well as traffic routes. It will help you to lay a route to the Hermitage and its branches from any spot in St Petersburg, and you will get information on the Hermitage working hours.



NEWS

This constantly renewed section will inform you on the Hermitage’s events and exhibitions.



COLLECTIONS

You can make a collection of educational courses in your iPhone by loading various supplements  acquainting you with the history, culture and art of peoples of different ages and telling you about world-known artists and their works  in the museum’s collection.



CATALOG

This section includes over 100 images of masterpieces from the Hermitage’s collection, the details of which you can scrutinize. All art works could be sorted by their authors or names. The section is updated thru downloading new content.
Send the image or the description of the exhibit you like to your friends or make it a background picture in your iPhone.



STORE

 

 


VIRTUAL VISIT



 

 
 

REMBRANT IN THE HERMITAGE

 


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