According to media reports, huge queues formed in Russian museums during the New Year holidays.
Like transmits kp.ru, long queues in the Great Courtyard of the Winter Palace were noticed on January 3 – it was the first day of the museum’s work, the halls were closed on January 1 and 2. Due to the influx of visitors, the Hermitage extended its opening hours: until January 7, the museum promised to receive guests from 11:00 to 20:00.
in Moscow, Writer Two queues lined up in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Life.ru: one for pre-purchased e-tickets, the second for live ones.
Previously reportedThat Russian museums recorded a sharp increase in attendance in 2022. Thus, in the first half of 2022 alone, more than 2.7 million people visited the Hermitage, while in the whole of 2021 – 1.6 million. More than 1.9 million people visited the Tretyakov Gallery as of October 2022, compared to 1.6 million for the whole of 2021.