Hermitage Amsterdam

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Lonely Planet review

The long-standing ties of Russia and Holland - remember Czar Peter learned shipbuilding and Dutch cursing here - led to an Amsterdam branch of the State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg. Prestigious exhibits, such as of Persian art or the Art Nouveau, change about twice per year, and they're as stately as you'd expect.

In 2009 the museum will grow into the Amstelhof (1683), a former almshouse and sweeping courtyard next door. Now in the throes of renovation, the Amstelhof broke with social norms by housing women in small quarters of four beds each, rather than dormitories. Behind the handsome façade, however, little remains of the original interiors.