Hermitage Museum Russia Cats

A generous French philanthropist has left a sum of money to some unusual beneficiaries in his will a bunch of cats living in the basement of the State Hermitage Museum in Russia.

Hermitage museum russia cats. The Hermitage cats or hermi-cats how. On visiting Russias world-famous Hermitage Museum its impossible to miss the army of cats guarding the building against pesky mice. The truth is the feline mates made such an.

Petersburgs Neva River is that you can spend days wandering its rooms and only see a. Эрмитажные коты are a bunch of cats residing within the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russiathe museum has a press secretary devoted to. The cats of the Hermitage live in a large cellar of almost 20 km long.

Cats of Hermitage. Mary Ilyushina and Amy Woodyatt CNN Published 7th December 2020. She even known as the hermitage cats the safety guards of the artwork galleries.

As a kitten in 2006 he was spotted stranded on an ice floe rescued by the crew. 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. You can spend days in its rooms and still come out wanting more.

Was founded in 1700s by Russian Queen. 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. 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. The most famous Hermitage museum in Russia located in the heart of Saint Petersburg. For many the moggies are as memorable as the art collection one of the planets most impressive and extensive.