Hermitage Amsterdam

A new prestigious museum has opened its doors in the Dutch capital: Hermitage Amsterdam. The museum is a branch of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, the famous Russian state museum with an impressive collection of more than three million objects.The works that will be presented in the museum will come from the vast collection of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The spectacular opening exhibition Russian Court Life can be visited from 20 June 2009 until the end of January 2010. The exhibition will revolve around a day at the Russian court: an official reception by the tsar and his family, complete with the associated ceremonial. The Russian tsars and their courts appealed greatly to the imagination of other dynasties and nobility in Europe.