2 Alexander the Great Exhibitions on Display in the Netherlands

Two exhibitions concerning Alexander the Great are on display in the Netherlands. One is at the Amsterdam Hermitage and the other is at Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum is about “Alexander the Great – the Immortal”. The second one running at the Allard Pierson Museum in cooperation with the former, is on the subject of “Alexander the Great and His Heritage-Greeks in Egypt”.

The exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum will be open to the public until March 18, 2011. The exhibition includes more than 350 top exhibits, including the famous Gonzaga Cameo from the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg. It is the first time in the Netherlands that an exhibition is devoted to the historical figure of Alexander the Great, his trip to the East and his influence to Hellenism around the world....