Amsterdam’s Hermitage museum renamed after cutting ties with Russia following Ukraine invasion

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.
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.
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.

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Hermitage Amsterdam cuts ties with Russian partner over Ukraine invasion

Exterior of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, taken in July 2009. The Dutch museum has cut ties with its Russian sister, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Txllxt TxllxT. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
Exterior of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, taken in July 2009. The Dutch museum has cut ties with its Russian sister, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Txllxt TxllxT. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
Exterior of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, taken in July 2009. The Dutch museum announced it has cut ties with its Russian sister, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Txllxt TxllxT. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) – An Amsterdam museum said March 3 it has cut its close links to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and UNESCO warned of damage to Ukraine’s cultural heritage, as international cultural institutions stepped up their condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Hermitage Amsterdam said it has long distanced itself from politics in Russia under President Vladimir Putin as it built close ties with the Hermitage, giving the Amsterdam museum “access to one of the world’s most famous art collections, which we could draw from” for exhibitions.

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