Hermitage Amsterdam

The Hermitage Amsterdam is a museum in the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the banks of the Amstel River in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the former Amstelhof, a classical-style building dating from 1681. The outhouse exhibited small exhibits in the adjacent Neerlandia building from February 24, 2004 until the main museum opened on June 19, 2009.

It is currently the largest satellite of the Hermitage Museum, with a total area of 12,846 m2 (138,270 square feet) and fits the museum's design to make its collections accessible to more people.

The exhibition area covers 2,172 m2 (23,380 square feet) and is contained within two large exhibition halls and smaller exhibition halls. The remaining space contains classrooms, offices and staff quarters and a restaurant.

The facility was opened in 1682 as a retirement home for elderly women under the name Diaconie Oude Vrouwen Huys (English: Deanery Home for Old Women) on the east bank of the Amstel River. Beginning in 1817, the facility housed elderly men and women and was renamed Diaconie Oude Vrouwen- en Mannenhuis (English: Deanery Home for Old Men and Women). The building was initially named Amstelhof (English: Amstel Court) in 1953.

In the 1990s, the facility's operators determined that it was not adequate to meet the modern needs of its residents and sought to build a new facility elsewhere. They offered the historic structure to the city of Amsterdam, which in turn rented it to the museum. The last inhabitants left the Amstelhof in 2007. On 20 June 2009, the museum was opened by the Dutch Queen Beatrix and the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The museum was opened to the public the following day.

During the more than 300 years that the residents were housed in the Amstelhof, several renovations were carried out inside the building and wings were added to provide the necessary space. Thus, little of the original interior remained when work on the museum began. While some areas have been restored to their original appearance, many existing walls have been removed and the spaces reconfigured to meet the museum's needs. The total cost of the renovations was 40 million euros.

The temporary museum in the Neerlandia Building on the Nieuwe Keizersgracht was closed in 2008 to become the Hermitage for Children. It was inaugurated together with the main museum on June 20, 2009.

Map: Hermitage Amsterdam

vCard Info:

Address: Amstel 51, 1018 EJ
Amsterdam (Paesi Bassi)
Latitude: 52.36564240874038
Longitude: 4.902402162551879
Site: https://hermitage.nl/nl/...

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Type: Building
Function: Museum
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Last update: 08/09/2022