Trade show exhibits, that filled up a collection of the Hermitage in 2016, opened in St. Petersburg

In the Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace an exhibition of exhibits, that filled up a collection of the State Hermitage in 2016. Presentation of new acquisitions traditionally takes place in January. 

This time presents - German infantry helmet of the First World War. This item of ammunition is in perfect condition - in the near future will take place in the arms of the museum hall. In a separate showcase - two albums belonging to the famous family Wittgenstein. Watercolor of these albums, written in Pushkin's time, still waiting to be explored. A special place in the museum takes Bureau-Davenport, created in the middle of the XVIII century in St. Petersburg. This is a special kind of furniture - marching, collapsible, with a complex design. And, as yet assert museum workers all the secrets of this Davenport Revealed - certainly in the office has not yet found caches.

"We used to buy it, the endowment fund, it is small, but we have a setup that the money went only for the acquisition of the collection, and with the help of patrons, we bought it", - said the director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky.