The Hermitage Rooms was the name by which a series of rooms at Somerset House, London, were known from 2000 to 2007.

In 2003, a new Somerset House Learning Centre opened, which is used in conjunction with the Hermitage Rooms and the other visitor attractions in the building.

The first exhibition at the Hermitage Rooms was called Treasures of Catherine the Great.

In 2005 the future of the Hermitage Rooms became uncertain after the Hermitage announced its plans to withdraw its loans of artworks overseas.

Unfortunately the Hermitage Rooms will be closed during your stay.

He estimates it will cost about $1 million a year to operate the Hermitage Rooms.

Geraldine Norman, who has written a history of the Hermitage, will be the director of the Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House.

The Hermitage Rooms in London's Somerset House opened on 25 November 2000.

Today, it is a cultural center, showing the collections of the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Gilbert Collection and the Hermitage Rooms.

Somerset House, Hermitage Rooms, South Building, Strand, London; (44-20) 7845-4630; www.hermitagerooms.org.uk.