H'ART Museum

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H'ART Museum
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Entrance of the H'ART Museum.
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Location within the city center of Amsterdam
Established1682 (1682) (building) [1]
2004 (museum) [2]
LocationAmstel 51
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°21′54″N4°54′09″E / 52.365°N 4.9025°E / 52.365; 4.9025
Type Art museum
Visitors126,239 (2023) [3]
Director Cathelijne Broers [4]
Public transit access Waterlooplein [5]
Metro: 51 Gvba51.svg , 53 Gvba53.svg , 54 Gvba54.svg [5]
Tram: 9 Amsterdam tramlijn 9.svg , 14 Amsterdam tramlijn 14.svg [5]
Website www.hartmuseum.nl/en/

H'ART Museum is an art museum located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. Formerly a satellite of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, [6] the museum cut ties with the Hermitage after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [7]

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History

A 1693 etching of the Amstelhof, showing the building out of proportions. Amstelhofo.jpg
A 1693 etching of the Amstelhof, showing the building out of proportions.

The museum is housed in the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681. The building 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 river Amstel. From 1817, the facility housed both elderly men and women, and was renamed Diaconie Oude Vrouwen- en Mannenhuis (English: Deanery Home for Old Men and Women). The building was first named Amstelhof (English: Amstel Court) in 1953. [8]

In the 1990s, operators of the facility decided that the building was inadequate to meet the modern needs of its residents and sought to build a new building elsewhere. They offered the historic building to the city of Amsterdam, who, in turn, leased it to the museum. The last inhabitants left the Amstelhof in 2007. [9] On 20 June 2009, the museum was opened by Dutch Queen Beatrix and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The museum was open to the public the following day. [10] [11]

During the more than 300 years that residents were housed in the Amstelhof, several renovations took place on the building interior and wings were added to provide needed space. Thus, little of the original interior remained when work for the museum began. While some areas were restored to their original appearance, many existing walls were removed and spaces reconfigured to accommodate the museum's needs. The total cost of the renovations was 40 million. [12]

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

On 3 March 2022, the museum severed ties with the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began a week before. [13] The museum changed its name to the H'ART Museum from 1 September 2023. [14]

Exhibitions

In 2023 the museum announced that it would be working with the Smithsonian, the Centre Pompidou and the British Museum to present exhibitions. [15]

2023-2024 Julius Caesar - I came, I saw, I met my doom

Previous exhibitions

Katja, 1983 statue of a nude woman by sculptor Eddy Roos in the garden of H'ART museum Katja(1983)eRmitAdam.jpg
Katja, 1983 statue of a nude woman by sculptor Eddy Roos in the garden of H'ART museum

References

  1. History of the Building Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Hermitage Amsterdam. Retrieved on 14 April 2013.
  2. From Amstelhof to Hermitage Amsterdam Archived 19 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Hermitage Amsterdam. Retrieved on 14 April 2013.
  3. "Top Amsterdam Museums by Visitor Numbers 2023". Amsterdam Tips. Amsterdamtips.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. Cathelijne Broers takes over as director of De Nieuwe Kerk and the Hermitage Amsterdam, Hermitage Amsterdam, 2011. Retrieved on 14 April 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Visit Archived 24 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Hermitage Amsterdam. Retrieved on 14 April 2013.
  6. "Hermitage to open 20 June 2009". Hermitage Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  7. Siegal, Nina (2 March 2023). "A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. "History of the Building". Hermitage Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  9. "From Amstelhof to Hermitage Amsterdam". Hermitage Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  10. Kreijger, Gilbert (18 June 2009). "Russia's Hermitage museum opens Amsterdam branch". Reuters.com. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  11. "Hermitage Amsterdam opened". NRC Handelsblad . nrc.nl. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  12. "Background Hermitage Amsterdam". Hermitage Amsterdam. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  13. "Hermitage Amsterdam breaks ties with Russian state museum | NL Times". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  14. Siegal, Nina (26 June 2023). "After Cutting Ties With Russia, a Hermitage Museum Outpost Rebrands". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  15. "After Cutting Ties With Russia, a Hermitage Museum Outpost Rebrands". 26 June 2023.
  16. "Permanent Presentations at the Hermitage Amsterdam". Hermitage Amsterdam. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  17. "The Imortal Alexander the Great" (Press release). Hermitage Amsterdam. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  18. "Matisse to Malevich: Pioneers of Modern Art from the Hermitage" (Press release). Hermitage Amsterdam. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  19. Press release Archived 17 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine on Hermitage Amsterdam website
  20. What We Lose if the Amsterdam Hermitage Closes for Good, 29 April 2021 article by Tim Brinkhof for Hyperallergic.com