Cultural education and exhibition programme of cooperation between the State Hermitage and the Republic of Tatarstan has begun in 1997 with the opening of the exhibition "Treasure of Khan Kubrat. During the period from 1997 to 2004 had taken place in Kazan five large art exhibitions, which attracted much public attention and sparked a new perspective on world history and culture. The development of close cooperation between the State Hermitage Museum and cultural institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan led to the signing of the 2004 Protocol of intent between the State Hermitage Museum, Ministry of culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan city Administration and the Institute of history, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on the opening to the 1000 – th anniversary of Kazan scientific, cultural and educational programmes "The Hermitage centre in the city of Kazan".
Center "Hermitage – Kazan" was created under the patronage and support of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer of Shaimievich Shaimiev, is a structural subdivision of the Museum – reserve "The Kazan Kreml" and is located on the territory of the Kazan Kreml, a former cadet school, built in the early 19-th century. It discharged the exhibition and office space with an area of about 1000 square meters in the southern half of the third floor of the building. In the center "Hermitage – Kazan" has exhibition halls, computer labs, lecture and meeting room, information room. Exhibition halls are designed for the display of paintings, drawings and decorative arts, historical and cultural collections.
On August 23, 2005 in celebration of the 1000 – th anniversary of Kazan city center "Hermitage – Kazan" was opened the exhibition "The Golden Horde. History and culture". At the opening of the Centre took place the signing of an Agreement on further cooperation between the State Hermitage and the Museum – reserve "The Kazan Kreml". Two specially equipped computer classrooms is educational and methodological center for working with school groups and individual visitors on the museum educational programmes of the State Hermitage. Meeting center "Hermitage – Kazan", intended for scientific meetings and conference calls video conferencing, can be used as a press centre and a student club. In the lecture hall of the leading staff of the State Hermitage. Hermitage carry out the lecture hall.
Thus, the concept of creation and functioning of the Center "Hermitage – Kazan", its modern technical equipment, provides multifunctional use of the premises, exhibitions, lectures, conferences, scientific meetings, and educational museum programmes. This involves the creation of the Center "Hermitage – Kazan" is not only a new educational environment, based on interactivity and informality of the learning process of pupils and students, but the creation of new exclusive information resource, the museum and cultural center of the city.
Working hours:
Tue – Thu, Sat, Sun: 10.00 – 17.30
Box office: 10.00 – 17.00
Friday: 12.00 – 20.30
Cashier: 12.00 – 20:00
Closed: Monday
Dear friends, pay your attention, to the fact that the time and days of work of "Center The Hermitage-Kazan" can change, so before visiting it we recommend you to call +7 (843) 567 – 80 – 32.