Gala celebrates Hermitage opening in Amsterdam
Published: 20 June, 2009, 05:57
TAGS: Art, Medvedev, Russia, Europe
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have been the first visitors to the new Russia’s Hermitage branch museum in the Dutch capital Amsterdam.
The inauguration of the museum has already been labeled one of the most significant cultural events of the decade in Europe. This is the only branch of the Russian state Hermitage Museum in the West.
Almost 2,000 items from the 18th and 19th century, including paintings, dresses and china, will be on display.
 Queen Beatrix and Dmitry Medvedev (AFP Photo / Anp Marcel Antonisse) |
Commenting on the museum’s opening, Amsterdam’s Deputy Mayor said there’s so much more to his city than sex, drugs and tulips, the three unofficial symbols of Holland’s capital.
President Medvedev arrived in Amsterdam on Friday for talks with Queen Beatrix, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and the heads of leading Dutch and international corporations.
The opening of the museum was the central event in this working visit, a Kremlin representative told the Itar-Tass news agency.
Russian-Dutch cultural ties date back to Peter the Great’s first visit to Holland in 1696.
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