From 11 November 2020, as part of the Year of Germany in Russia 2020/21, the exhibition “The Iron Age. Europe without Borders. The First Millennium BC” will be running in the Manege of the Small Hermitage.
The display presents more than 1,600 exhibits from the archaeological collections of the State Hermitage, the State Historical Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (part of the Berlin State Museums). The exhibition is unique in the breadth of the material featured: the Iron Age in Italy, the Hallstadt Culture, antiquities of Celtic culture, the famous treasures of Scythian burial mounds in the steppes, artefacts from the Classical World, well-known hoards, antiquities of the Koban culture of the Northern Caucasus and of the cultures of the Eastern European forest belt.
Visits to the exhibition will be by time slots. Tickets for the current day can be obtained free of charge from the administrator in the entrance zone of the Small Hermitage – entry from Shuvalov Passage (which runs between 37, Millionnaya Street and 36, Palace Embankment).
During each time slot, which lasts one hour, no more than 40 persons can be in the exhibition.
The time slots for holders of free-of-charge tickets are from Tuesday to Sunday at 11.00 am, 11.30 am, 12.00 pm, 12.30 pm, 1.00 pm. 1.30 pm, 2.00 pm, 2.30 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.00 pm, 4.30 pm, 5.00 pm, 5.30 pm and 6,00 pm. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays there will be additional evening time slots at 6.30 pm and 7.00 pm.
There is separate access to the exhibition from Shuvalov Passage (which runs between 37, Millionnaya Street and 36, Palace Embankment).
The exhibition “The Iron Age. Europe without Borders” can also be viewed as part of a visit to the Main Museum Complex following Fixed Route №1 (entry via the Jordan Staircase) or Fixed Route №2 (entry via the Church Staircase), in which case access to the Manege is by the internal Sivkov Passage (Hall 102).
The exhibition is open from 11.00 am to 7.00 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and from 11.00 am to 8.00 pm on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The exhibition will run in the State Hermitage until 28 February 2021.
