The history of collaboration between the State Hermitage Museum and the Coca-Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Foundation
Restoration and conservation of nine items from the collection of the “Arsenal” department
As part of the project, five long guns, three saddles and a blunderbuss were restored.
Long-term development project for the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration and Conservation of Objects Made of Organic Materials
Under the first stage of the project, a sublimation dryer, a chemical washing bath, a magnetic mixer with heating, a refractometer and a Leister Hot Jet S hot air gun were purchased.
As part of the “Preserving Cultural Heritage Together” programme, master classes on restoration were held in Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Omsk and Yekaterinburg
The programme of professional internships for young restorers from the State Hermitage Museum
Under the programme, nine internships were provided for restorers from the following laboratories: the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration and Conservation of Graphic Art, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Oriental Painting, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Objects Made of Organic Materials, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Glass, Ceramics and Porcelain, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied Art and the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Precious Metals.
Acquisition of equipment for the inter-laboratory express analysis centre
A Carl Zeiss Stemi 2000-C stereomicroscope was purchased as part of the project.
The programme of professional internships for young restorers from the State Hermitage Museum
Under the programme, seven internships were provided for restorers from the following laboratories: the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration and Conservation of Graphic Art, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Precious Metals, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Glass, Ceramics and Porcelain and the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied Art.
Restoration of The Conversion of Saul by Paolo Veronese
The painting, created by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari, 1528–1588) in the second half of the 1570s, entered the Hermitage in 1779 from the collection of John Udney, the British Consul in Venice. Previously, throughout the 17th century, it was in the gallery of the Counts Widmann at their palace in the Sestra Canareggio in Venice: in the inventory it is listed as one of the most valuable paintings in the collection. After completion of its restoration, the painting returned to its place in the Small Italian Skylight Hall of the New Hermitage.
As part of the “Preserving Cultural Heritage Together” programme, master classes on restoration were held in Kaliningrad, Ulan-Ude, Omsk and Vladivostok
The programme of professional internships for young restorers from the State Hermitage Museum
Under the programme, seven internships were provided for restorers from the following laboratories: the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration and Conservation of Graphic Art, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Precious Metals, the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Glass, Ceramics and Porcelain and the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Works of Applied Art.
The project to create a new Laboratory for the Scientific Restoration of Glass, Ceramics and Porcelain at the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre
In the third stage of the project, the Laboratory equipment was completed.