Royal Opening For Dutch Museum

Fireworks are seen over the Amstel river and the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, right, at the end of the official opening ceremony with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev and Dutch Queen Beatrix in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 19, 2009. The museum opened its doors to the public Saturday, June 20.

Visitors are seen during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Russian President Medvedev and Dutch Queen Beatrix officially opened the museum on Friday, June 19, 2009.

The painting "Portrait of a Boy from the Terlikov Family", by Anonymous, oil on canvas, dated 1860-1870, is seen during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18, 2009.

A Russian throne with double-headed eagle and footstool, commissioned by Tsar Paul I, is seen during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18, 2009.

Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander, left, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and St. Petersburg Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky stand in front of the portrait of last Russian Tsar Nicholas II while touring the Hermitage Amsterdam museum during the official opening in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, center, and Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander, left, react as they pass a Russian throne with the double-headed eagle during a tour of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, during the official opening in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 19, 2009.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Dutch Queen Beatrix, second right, pass a wall with paintings of members of the Russian upper class as they tour the Hermitage Amsterdam museum during its official opening in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 19, 2009.

Visitors are seen looking at a display of costumes during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Visitors are seen during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Visitors are seen during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, June 18, 2009.

In this photo taken Friday, June 19, 2009, from left, Crown Prince Willem Alexander, Dutch Queen Beatrix, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Princess Maxima pose prior to touring the Hermitage Amsterdam museum during its official opening in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fireworks are seen over the Amstel river and the Hermitage Amsterdam museum, right, at the end of the official opening ceremony with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev and Dutch Queen Beatrix in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, June 19, 2009.

Visitors use one of the entrances to the museum during a press preview of the Hermitage Amsterdam museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18, 2009. Russian President Medvedev and Dutch Queen Beatrix will officially open the museum on June 19, and it will open its doors to the public on June 20, 2009.