Hermitage Amsterdam opent 20 juni 2009

A man contemplates some of the paintings at the Hermitage Amsterdam museum. EFE/Koen Suyk.

Hermitage Amsterdam opent 20 juni 2009 Eerste weekend dag en nacht geopend
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De Hermitage Amsterdam zal op zaterdag 20 juni om 10.00 uur ’s morgens in het geheel verbouwde en gerenoveerde Amstelhof haar deuren openen voor het publiek. Het 17de-eeuwse ‘landmark’ aan de Amstel verandert tussen juni 2007 en juni 2009 van een verpleeghuis in een spectaculair multifunctioneel museum met tentoonstellingszalen, café-restaurant, winkels, studiecentrum, auditorium en Hermitage voor Kinderen. De Hermitage Amsterdam opent met de tentoonstelling Aan het Russische hof. Paleis en protocol in de 19de eeuw die met ruim 1800 objecten van het moedermuseum in St.-Petersburg een van de grootste tentoonstellingen ooit in Nederland belooft te worden.

De Hermitage Amsterdam viert de opening groots op de laatste dag van het voorjaar met het Witte Nacht Festival, waarop het museum 31 uur lang aaneen geopend is voor het publiek. De hele dag, avond én nacht van 20/21 juni vinden tal van feestelijke activiteiten en concerten plaats in het gebouw, in de binnentuin en langs de Amstel.

Dutch Queen and Russian President to Open New Hermitage Amsterdam Museum
(Source ArtDaily)
AMSTERDAM.- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, will attend opening celebrations of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum on the evening of Friday, June 19, one day prior to the public opening of the museum on June 20, 2009. Other members of the Dutch Royal family expected to attend include Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima. The Hermitage Amsterdam opens with the dazzling exhibition, “At the Russian Court: Palace and Protocol in the 19th Century.”

The Hermitage Amsterdam is the first branch of the magnificent Russian State Museum Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The Hermitage Amsterdam will organize temporary exhibitions chosen from the collections of the Hermitage and other Russian museums. The opening exhibition will feature more than 1,800 objects to tell the story about the court life of Russian tsars, including the Romanov throne, jewelry by Fabergé, gala dresses and the last tsarina’s grand piano.

The museum is housed in the monumental 17th-century building Amstelhof, a historic building off the Amstel River in Amsterdam which has undergone nearly $50 million in renovations in preparation of the opening of the museum. The Hermitage Amsterdam’s 9,000 m2 (nearly 96,000 square feet) consists of two large galleries, cabinets, an old chapel, regents’ rooms and an enclosed garden. The building also contains a study centre, a restaurant, shops and the Hermitage for Children center.

From June 20th 2009, 10 a.m., a major new European cultural destination, the greatly expanded Hermitage Amsterdam, will welcome visitors to its elegantly restored 17th-century building in the historic heart of Amsterdam. Founded to bring the richness and grandeur of Russia’s artistic heritage to one of the West’s most charming capitals, this independent cultural institution will inaugurate its spacious new home — ten times the size of the previous building — with the exhibition At the Russian Court, a dazzling display of more than 1,800 treasures from the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

New Hermitage Museum Amsterdam
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