Photo: Inside the State Hermitage

Located in the former Winter Palace of the Tsars, the State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) contains over three-million works of art from across the globe. In addition to the fabulous selection of artwork housed in the Hermitage, one can take in the opulent architecture of Tsarist Russia. This former ballroom now serves as an entry way into the museum's vast halls.