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Cats Take Up Residence at the Hermitage Museum

Why do housecats roam the halls of the Hermitage? And why did they disappear during World War Two? Since the era of Catherine the Great, the Hermitage has been home to hundreds of house cats. They earn their keep by keeping the museum vermin free. Today, the cats are fed and cared for by dedicated volunteers. But there was one brief period in Hermitage history when cats were nowhere to be found. This was during the Second World War when St. Petersburg, then known as Leningrad, was under siege by the Nazis. The Hermitage was under siege too -- marked for destruction by Adolf Hitler. As the staff of the Hermitage crafted a plan to save the museum's masterpieces, the housecats disappeared one by one. Watch this webisode and find more short videos at http://www.museumsecrets.tv narrated by Colm Feore. Museum Secrets is a hit TV series and rich media website that travels to the world's extraordinary museums, revealing the stories of irreplaceable treasures, probing familiar legends and assumptions, and using cutting edge research and technology to investigate the unknown. The series is produced by Kensington Communications Inc. for History (Canada) and is narrated by acclaimed actor, Colm Feore. Museum Secrets Vol.1 now on DVD: http://www.tinyurl.com/museumsecretsdvd. Like us on Facebook (  / museumsecrets  ) and follow us on Twitter (  / museumsecrets  ) to join our growing community of museum, history, art, anthropology, science and research enthusiasts. Website: http://www.museumsecrets.tv Facebook:   / museumsecrets   Twitter:   / museumsecrets   YouTube:    / museumsecrets   Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumse... GetGlue: http://getglue.com/tv_shows/museum_se... Tumblr:   / museumsecrets   Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106512282...