Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam

Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam

Housed in the classical 17th century Amstelhof building on the Amstel River, the Hermitage Amsterdam is a subsidiary of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, a reminder of the warm ties that Holland and Russia once had.

Housed in the classical 17th century Amstelhof building on the Amstel River, the Hermitage Amsterdam is a subsidiary of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, a reminder of the warm ties that Holland and Russia once had. It presents changing exhibitions of artifacts from the vaults of its Russian parent. It has 2 large exhibition halls, 48 cabinets, a terrace in the eastern garden, an auditorium, 3 lecture halls, a church hall, a study center and 2 museum shops.

The '1917. Romanovs & Revolution' exhibition from 4-February to 17-September 2017 explores the zeitgeist of St Petersburg exactly 100 years ago in the early 20th century, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra. It has over 250 objects including royal portraits, Fabergé objects, items from the imperial couple’s wardrobe, and fax of Nicholas’s Act of Abdication.

The 'Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age' presents 30 large 17th century group portraits from the Amsterdam Museum which are reminiscent of Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'. The 'Dutch Masters from the Hermitage. Treasures of the Tsars', which is scheduled to run from 7-October 2017 to 27-May 2018, presents a further collection of 63 works by Dutch masters which are part of the St Petersburg collection.

The Outsider Art Museum at the Hermitage presents naïve art by untrained artists. The 'Dubuffet's List' is on from 22-June 2017.