The State Hermitage_ Russia's Amazing Museum

The State Hermitage, Russia's Amazing Museum. Written by Francis Morgan.

艾尔米塔什国家博物馆，俄罗斯令人惊叹的博物馆。 作者：弗朗西斯·摩根

Introduction. Welcome to the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. My name is Pavel. Let me show you my home, the greatest museum in the world. It has a rich history, more than 3 million works of art, and has survived many disasters. All of these characteristics make my home great, but just you wait and see.

前言 欢迎来到俄罗斯圣彼得堡的艾尔米塔什国家博物馆。 我叫巴维尔。 快来看看我的家——这座全世界最棒的博物馆。 它历史悠久，藏有超过三百万件艺术品，历经诸多灾难留存至今。 这些都让我的家无比了不起，不过你接下来慢慢看就知道了。

Do you know, the Hermitage can't display all three million works of art in its collection at the same time? Many are in storage. The museum is open for about eight hours each day, and is closed for many holidays. If you spent only two minutes looking at each work of art during museum hours, it would

你知道吗，艾尔米塔什没办法同时展出全部三百万件藏品哦。 很多藏品都被妥善存放在仓库里。 博物馆每天开放大约八小时，不少节假日都会闭馆。 就算你每件展品只看两分钟，在每天开馆时间里不停看， 这也得

Wordwise. Hermitage. Noun. A French word meaning place of seclusion. History of the museum. From 1762 to 1796, Catherine the Great was Russia's empress, which is like a queen. My great -grandmother's grandmother knew Catherine well. They lived in the Winter Palace together. The Winter Palace is the largest building of the seven that make up the Hermitage today.

词汇小课堂 艾尔米塔什 （名词） 源自法语，意思是隐居之处。 博物馆的历史 1762年至1796年，叶卡捷琳娜大帝是俄罗斯女皇，就相当于女王哦。 我的高祖母和叶卡捷琳娜大帝很熟悉。 她们一起住在冬宫里。 如今艾尔米塔什由七座建筑组成，冬宫是其中最大的那座。

Quotable quote. No one was allowed to see Catherine's collection during her reign. She once said, Only the mice and I can admire all this. Mice have been a big problem for the Hermitage for hundreds of years. Cats were brought in to patrol the palace, to keep mice from destroying the collections. About fifty cats still patrol the Hermitage. The Hermitage began as the art collection of Catherine the Great. Catherine began her collection by buying paintings. In 1764 she bought 225 paintings by Dutch and Flemish masters. Like most collectors, Catherine continued to expand her collection over the years. Several of the paintings she collected were by famous artists, including Rembrandt and Rubens. You can still see some of these paintings at the Hermitage.

名言 叶卡捷琳娜在位期间，任何人都不能参观她的收藏。 她曾经说：“只有我和老鼠能欣赏这一切。” 几百年来，老鼠一直是艾尔米塔什的大麻烦。 人们请来猫咪在宫里巡逻，防止老鼠破坏藏品。 直到现在，还有大约五十只猫咪在艾尔米塔什巡逻哦。 艾尔米塔什最初就是叶卡捷琳娜大帝的私人艺术收藏。 叶卡捷琳娜的收藏从购买画作开始。 1764年，她买下了荷兰和佛兰德斯大师创作的225幅画作。 和大多数收藏家一样，这么多年来叶卡捷琳娜一直在扩充馆藏。 她收藏了不少名家作品，其中就包括伦勃朗和鲁本斯。 现在你依旧能在艾尔米塔什看到其中一部分画作哦。

For more than 200 years, the collection has grown from those first paintings purchased by Catherine. It has become one of the world's largest and most impressive collections of art. It includes not only paintings, but also coins and medals, gold treasures, gemstones, books, armor, sculptures, furniture, and more. It makes my collection of shiny objects seem very small, but I am just beginning my collection. Come with me as I show you a few pieces in the Hermitage's collection.

两百多年过去，从叶卡捷琳娜买下的第一批画作开始，馆藏规模一直在增长。 如今它已经是世界上规模最大、最令人惊叹的艺术收藏之一。 馆藏不只有画作，还包括钱币、勋章、黄金宝物、宝石、书籍、铠甲、雕塑、家具等等，种类十分丰富。 和它比起来，我的亮闪闪小收藏实在太渺小啦，不过我才刚开始收藏呢。 快跟我来，我带你看看艾尔米塔什的几件代表性藏品吧。