Introduction : Hermitage, a cultural laboratory
Moving objects
Interlude 1 : art history and Hermitage before World War II
Documenting the museum
Art history from the collections up
Interlude 2: mobility at Hermitage
The nostalgic modesty of Hermitage restorers
Guides : taking science down the galleries
Spaces and surprises: technologies of vision for a long winter
Conclusion : secreting documents.