Exterior of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, photographed in March 2016. The Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted the museum to sever ties with its St. Petersburg mothership, and as of September, it will be known as the H’ART Museum. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Tobias Niepel. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year has been renamed and on June 26 announced partnerships with renowned galleries in London, Paris and Washington, D.C.
