Hermitage-Kazan Center
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Passage: metro station "Kremlinskaya". Troll. 1, 4, 10, 17, 18 to the east. "Stadion", trams 9, 14, 21 to the stop "Circus", buses and shuttle taxis to the stops "Stadion", "Circus", "KAI" and "KAI hostel"
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Description: The cultural, educational and exhibition program of cooperation between the State Hermitage and the Republic of Tatarstan began in 1997 with the opening of the exhibition "Treasures of Khan Kubrat". During the period from 1997 to 2004, five major art exhibitions were held in Kazan, which attracted great public attention and caused a new look at world history and culture. The development of close cooperation between the State Hermitage and cultural institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan led to the signing in 2004 of a Protocol of Intent between the State Hermitage Museum, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Administration of the City of Kazan and the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan on the postcard for the 1000th anniversary of the city of Kazan of the scientific, cultural, educational and educational program "Hermitage Center in Kazan". The Hermitage-Kazan Center, created with the care and support of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, is a structural unit of the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve. The Hermitage-Kazan center provides exhibition halls, computer classes, lecture and conference hall, information halls. Exhibition halls are designed to exhibit paintings, graphics and decorative and applied arts, historical and cultural collections. On August 23, 2005, during the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the city of Kazan, the exhibition "Golden Horde" was opened in the Hermitage-Kazan center. History and culture”. As part of the opening of the Center, an agreement on further cooperation between the State Hermitage and the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve was signed. |
Building: The Hermitage-Kazan Center is located on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin in the building of the former Juncker School. The building was built in the 1840s as a school of military cantonists by architect P. G. Pyatnitsky. In 1861, it was granted to the Military School, which in 1866 was transformed into the Juncker School. The building of the Juncker School is distinguished by a clear symmetrical layout, high bright rooms along the long main corridor, a strict and monumental appearance inherent in late Russian ("Nikolaev") classicism. |
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