Museums with finest collections in the world

Updated: 2016-05-18 16:09

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Museums with finest collections in the world

A light show marks the 250th anniversary of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. [Photo/VCG]

Established in 1764, the State Hermitage Museum is one of the world’s largest and oldest museums. It stores more than three million human heritages in its buildings covering an area of 46,000 square meters.

Visitors at the museum can have a close look at the things used by Emperor Peter the Great and Empress Catherine I of Russia in featured exhibition halls.

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