In December 2015, Paul Messier and Karina Beeman visited The State Hermitage Museum for the completion of the collaborative project, The Hermitage Photograph Conservation Initiative. The Hermitage Photograph Conservation Initiative was launched in the spring of 2010 to establish a photograph conservation department at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The initiative was funded by a four-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by