At the end of the meeting the Director-General paid a visit to the Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Mr. Mikhail Piotrovsky on further strengthening the ongoing cooperation between the Museum and UNESCO for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Museum in 2013, as well as for regional capacity-building of museum professionals in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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The Seminar was hold by ICOM Russia jointly with the Ministry of Culture, State Hermitage, State historical museum and State Central museum of musical culture named after M.

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The Hermitage, Russia's pre-eminent state museum, was an immediate supporter.

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