Hermitage aan de Amstel description and photos - Netherlands: Amsterdam (Topic)

Hermitage aan de Amstel description and photos - Netherlands: Amsterdam. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Hermitage aan de Amstel.

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The Hermitage on the Amstel is a very unusual and unique museum. Firstly, it is the branch of the famous Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Secondly, all expositions in it are changeable, and there is no permanent one. Thirdly, he does not and cannot have his own collection, since the exhibitions feature exhibits from the storerooms of the St. Petersburg Hermitage. Similar branches existed in London and Las Vegas, but they are now closed.

Since 2009, the museum has been located in the Amstelhof building on the banks of the Amstel River. Since 1682, this old building in classical style with a large square courtyard has housed a nursing home. At first, only women lived here, since 1817 - both women and men. The last residents of the nursing home only moved out in 2007 and the building was renovated. The opening ceremony in 2009 was attended by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

The branch of the Hermitage in Amsterdam has been holding exhibitions since February 2004. At first, these exhibitions were held in a neighboring building, in a small annex to the Amstelhof. The Children's Hermitage is now open in this building.

Exhibitions in the new Hermitage on Amstel change in March and September. All exhibits are provided by the State Hermitage, and one euro of the cost of the admission ticket goes to the Hermitage fund in St. Petersburg. In addition to exhibition halls, the museum has a training center, lecture halls, and a restaurant. Much attention is paid to working with children and their education.

The museum receives up to 300 thousand visitors a year.

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