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The Hermitages cats guard the museums artworks from mice.

Hermitage museum cats facebook. A small fire on Friday at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg raised alarms about the fate of one of its greatest treasures. Cats in the museum. Catherine the Great made the duties of these famous cats official in the 18th Century.

These Russian Empress-approved cats are officially off duty and going home In St. The Palace of Cats. Petersburg famous museum The Hermitage has a secret collection a tradition of allowing a herd of cats to roam over much of the grounds and live in the basement.

The Hermitage Museum Foundation USA preserves and promotes the rich cultural legacy of. All the Hermitages display facilities are receiving visitors. The cats stay within the museums basement they usually additionally seem on the embankment and on the sq.

116 Likes 1 Comments - Hermitage Cats hermitagecats on Instagram. 1498 likes 2 talking about this 8 were here. 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.

Cats Republic is a new Russian cat cafe in St. The Hermitage has had a feline presence since 1745 when the Winter Palace served as. Photo courtesy Olga MaltsevaAFPGetty Images.

The cats which work for the Hermitage Museum RIA Novosti 2011 - the clip also shows us the black feline mascot of the icebreaker Krasin now a floating museum at St Petersburg. Like Love Meow on Facebook. At the entrance to the Hermitage Museum in St.