On Friday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m., the sixth and last episode of the award-winning series Passion for the Hermitage will be broadcast on Nederland 2. Episode 6 is all about metamorphosis: the conversion of the Amstelhof Nursing Home into the Hermitage Museum Amsterdam. Director Aliona van der Horst takes us along for a tour of the demolition, the reconstruction, and the preparations for the first exhibition.
The earlier episodes of the series, which were broadcast in 2003, will be aired each week starting on Sunday, May 17 at 7:15 p.m. on Nederland 2. Watch a clip