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The museum will work closely in new international partnerships with the British Museum, Centre Pompidou and Smithsonian American Art Museum, bringing world-famous art collections to Amsterdam. They mark a fresh start for the museum known as H’ART Museum from today, Friday 1 September. The new H’ART Museum shows the uniting force of art and opens its windows to the world.

Annabelle Birnie: ‘It’s an exciting new step for us, a contemporary and future-proof model. We are building on our experience in the international field and are now spreading our wings. Our programming will be multi-voiced reflecting the times we live in. We will show major art exhibitions as well as intimate presentations.’

Esteemed partners of the art world 

H’ART Museum will work hand-in-hand with its international founding partners, drawing on their rich and wide-ranging collections to mount exhibitions in Amsterdam. Centre Pompidou has one of Europe’s foremost collections of modern and contemporary art. The British Museum is among the oldest museums in the world with a collection spanning continents and oceans. The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), part of the Smithsonian Institution, is the leading museum for American fine and decorative arts. 

Highlights 

The H’ART Museum’s first major show will be the Kandinsky exhibition held in partnership with the Centre Pompidou in mid-2024. Later, in 2026, H’ART welcomes the British Museum’s Feminine power exhibition. The complete programme for the next few years will be announced in late 2023. Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary will be celebrated with a big exhibition at H’ART Museum in collaboration with The Leiden Collection in 2025. It is one of the world’s most significant private collections of 17th-century Dutch art and includes a large number of Rembrandts. This is the first time ever that all 17 Rembrandts in this collection will be on show to the public in a single exhibition.

About H’ART Museum 

H’ART Museum brings art and narratives from all over the world to Amsterdam, presenting them in new and unexpected ways. We will look beyond borders and open windows to the world. We do this in collaboration with our founding partner museums. Our museum will be a dynamic place where we welcome our national and international public with open arms.

The VriendenLoterij, Heineken and ABN AMRO all support the museum’s new direction. In addition, the museum is delighted to announce a new partnership with ELJA Foundation.