The alliance between The Courtauld and The State Hermitage Museum delivers an active programme of lectures and conferences, as well as the highly successful visiting curator scheme.

Somerset House is the London base of the UK Friends of The Hermitage, facilitating collaborations between The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and institutions throughout the UK.

Between 2000 and 2007, the Hermitage Rooms in Somerset House served as a backdrop for a series of rotating exhibitions, organised since 2003 in collaboration with The Courtauld Institute of Art, offering a glimpse of some of the magnificent treasures from the Hermitage and other collections.

The Hermitage Rooms exhibition series ended in 2007, and today the rooms are used for photographic and temporary exhibitions organised by Somerset House.