Decorations of White Hall of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Hall of Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Age in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Great Patriotic War of 1812 portrait hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
White Hall (Hall No. 11) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy, Emblem) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
White Hall (No. 52) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Big French carriage in Field Marshals Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
The Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Vaults of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Torches in Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
C. Brullov Hall with a bench for resting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Monolithic granite columns of Twenty-Column Hall (Ancient Italy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Marble decorations in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Gallery of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Mosaic of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Prayer hall of a church of Winter Palace in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Parquet of Throne (Georgian) Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Italian art hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
A throne in Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Throne (Georgian) Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Crimson hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
White Hall (No. 52) in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Niche in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Carl Briullov hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Niche of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Throne (Georgian) Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Entrance hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Gilt State Chair (throne) in Saint George Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
Ancient sculptures in the Hall of Culture and Art of the Hellenistic Age in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Karl Briullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Sculptures of Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Saint George Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Knights Hall (Rytsarsky Zal) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Granite columns in the hall of ancient art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Decorated ceiling of the Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Details of a decorated metal shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Gilded lantern of Armorial (Emblem) Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Olive Tjaden Hall, view to the east from Johnson Museum of Art of Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
Hall of Twenty Columns in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Large Italian Skylight Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2003
Decorated brass shield in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
A passage to ancient art hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
One of exhibition halls in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, April 24, 2013
Ceiling of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Throne hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Hall of ancient art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Arches of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Decorated ceiling of Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
Arched stairs of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Peacock Clock in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Decorated hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
Lincoln Hall and Baker Lab of Cornell University, view to south-east from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 8, 2005
Knight s Hall in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Hall of ancient art in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Crimson hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Parquet of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Arched gallery of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Rembrandt Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Hall of ancient art in basement in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Karl Briullov(?) Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Ancient Greece Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Hall of Ancient Art in a basement of Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Twenty-Column Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
Antique sculpture in a hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
Gems on display in Hall of Ancient Art in a basement of Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Corner of Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Arched ceiling of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Exhibitions in a hall of ancient art in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Hall of ancient Egypt art in basement in Hermitage Museum. Petersburg, Russia, September 3, 2013
Decorated dome in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
A hall in Russian Museum, with A. E. Yakovlev and V. I. Shukhaev painting "Harlequin and Piero" to the left. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Statues of warriors holding shields with coats of arms and heraldic emblems in Armorial (Emblem) Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Ancient Egypt Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Protective glove in Knight Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
Knight s Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
Atrium hall of Museum of Islamic Art, view from 2-th floor. Doha, Qatar, January 31, 2014
Niche in Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Torches of Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Section of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Arched galleries of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 16, 2016
Corner of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Decorations of Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Arched gallery of Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
A decoration in Alexander Hall in Hermitage museum (Winter Palace). Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal, Emblem Hall) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Arches of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Hall of Islamic Arts in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Old rifles and swords in Hall of Islamic Arts in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Armorial Hall (Gerbovy Zal) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
Stairs of Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
C. Brullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Decoration of Armory Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Side view of Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Monolithic granite columns of Twenty-Column Hall (Ancient Italy) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Calligraphy hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Ceiling of Hall of ancient art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Old fireplaces in ceramics hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Entrance hall of Yad Vashem (holocaust) historical museum, indoctrination of Israeli soldiers. Jerusalem, the Middle East, March 1, 2001
Pavilion Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
Grand hall of Museum of Islamic Art at evening. Doha, Qatar, January 22, 2015
Columns of Hall of ancient art in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Horse Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Fireplace(?) in ceramics hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Olive Tjaden Hall of Cornell University, view to the east from Johnson Museum of Art. Ithaca, New York, November 15, 2005
Hall in Kshesinskaya Mansion, now Museum of Political History. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
Knight s hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
Karl Briullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Art of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Entrance of Airoplane Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Fossil Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Entrance Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Hall with paintings in Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas, August 2, 2008
Vaults of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Ceiling of Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
A hall of modern art in Benois Building (Corpus Benua) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Vaults of Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Hall of Twenty Columns (ancient art) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
Horse in Knight Hall in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
Buddhist Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Ayvazovsky Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Grand hall of Museum of Islamic Art, view from the second floor. Doha, Qatar, January 22, 2015
Vaulted ceiling of Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Banknotes and Currency Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Domed hall in Hvittrask Museum (studio home of the architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen). West from Helsinki, Finland, July 18, 2015
Catholic Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
True Friends Benevolent Society Hall (c. 1883) (River Road African American Museum) at 711 Lessard Street. Donaldsonville, Louisiana, January 7, 2007
Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Arabic calligraphy hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Christian Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Columns of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
A hall with columns in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Marble sculpture on a gallery of Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Trilobites in Fossil Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Arches of Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Mannequin of Bedouin camels in Airoplane Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
Gypsum rose in Fossil Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Hall No. 14 in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Gate of Avant Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Dramatic sculpture on a gallery of Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Shark teeth in Fossil Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Flint stones in Fossil Hall in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, August 8, 2015
Congested scene on a gallery of Exhibition Hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Ceramics hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Decorated tiles in ceramics hall in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Exhibition hall with a bench in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Exhibition hall in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
A hall with modern paintings in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
St. Nicholas Church (Niguliste kirik), located at Niguliste 3 in Tallinn s Old Town. Although originally built as a fortress church in the 13th century dedicated to Saint Nicholas (patron of sailors and merchants), it is no longer a functioning place of worship. Today, it houses the Niguliste Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, dedicated to medieval ecclesiastical art. The church was founded by Westphalian merchants in the 1230s and was one of the wealthiest in the city. It was heavily damaged during the Soviet bombing of Tallinn in March 1944, losing its roof and most of its interior, but was meticulously restored in the following decades. The tower, rebuilt with a Baroque spire, now features a glass elevator and a viewing platform offering panoramic views of the city. The church sits on a rise just south of the Town Hall Square, surrounded by a green area that was once a cemetery. The street in the foreground is Niguliste Street, leading up from the lower town. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
Intersection on Pikk Street (at Pikk 17), looking towards the Town Hall Square area. The view is dominated by two historically significant buildings and a lively restaurant scene. The large, gabled building on the right (Pikk 17) is the Great Guild Hall, built in 1417. For centuries, this was the meeting place for the city s most powerful merchants (the Great Guild), who controlled the town council. The building is a masterpiece of medieval limestone architecture, featuring a prominent Gothic portal and a high saddle roof. Today, it houses the Estonian History Museum. The smaller archway next to it (right foreground) is a historic passage, the "Bo"rsi ka"ik" (Exchange Passage), leading towards the Holy Spirit Church. Though partially obscured, the building further down the street with the stepped gable is connected to the complex of the Church of the Holy Spirit. This church is famous for its 17th-century painted clock, the oldest in Tallinn, which faces Pikk Street (though not clearly visible from this specific angle). This section of Pikk Street is a major pedestrian artery, connecting the northern part of the Old Town (where St. Olaf s is) to the central Town Hall Square. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences (formerly known as the NUKU Theatre), located at the corner of Lai 1 and Nunne streets. This corner building is a fine example of early 20th-century architecture (completed in 1907), originally built for the Nobility Club. It blends Neo-Renaissance elements (like the balcony) with Art Nouveau influences (evident in the curved corner and roofline). The warm uplighting emphasizes its elegant proportions and decorative cornice. The building houses Estonia s only professional puppet theatre, founded in 1952, and the Museum of Puppetry Arts. The museum entrance is typically around the corner or through the main glass doors seen here. The theatre complex has expanded over the years to include modern performance halls while retaining its historic fac,ade. The view looks down Nunne Street towards the Toompea hill area. To the right, you can see the edge of the city wall fortifications. The street is paved with traditional cobblestones, and the scene is quiet, likely captured in the late evening or early morning. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
