Ramps are made of an aircraft anodized aluminum which makes them lightweight yet very sturdy. The length can also be adjusted to meet your needs. Ramps are always portable and never permanent. Just roll it up and go!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Roll-A-Ramp installed at Hermitage Museum

Roll-A-Ramp was recently installed at the beautiful Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ramp allows for smooth disability access up the stairs and into the building.
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About the Hermitage

Official names
Federal Cultural Institution "The State Hermitage"
The State Hermitage

Legal address
Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, 34
190000 St Petersburg, Russia

Director
Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky

About the collection
The collection contains 2,967,334 items, including:
paintings 16,842
works of graphic art 622,049
sculptures 12,620
works of applied art 300,981
archejlogical objects 737,772
numismatics  1,131,606
other exhibit items 145,464
6,816 items enlarged the State Hermitage collection in 2009 as donations, acquisitions via the New Acquisition Department, receipts from archeological expeditions.

Creation of the museum
The museum was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great purchased a collection of Flemish and Dutch paintings (225) from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernest Gotzkowski.

Museum Complex
The museum's storerooms, exhibitions, departments and services are housed in 10 buildings, 7 of which are monuments of 18th- and 19th-century Russian culture.