The State Hermitage Museum, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, and the Hermitage XXI Century Foundation have signed a three-year cooperation agreement aimed at developing joint exhibitions, educational initiatives, and restoration projects.

The agreement was signed at the Jewish Museum in Moscow by Mikhail Piotrovsky, General Director of the State Hermitage Museum; Rabbi Alexander Boroda, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia and General Director of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center; and Zorina Myskova, Director of the Hermitage XXI Century Foundation.

Under the new partnership, the museums will jointly present exhibitions from the Hermitage collection at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.

The first exhibition is expected to focus on early works by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn, including a series of self-portrait etchings and the painting Portrait of a Young Man with a Lace Collar.

A subsequent research exhibition, titled The Fall of Haman, will explore the subject and attribution of a significant painting from the Hermitage collection.

The Jewish Museum will also serve as a partner in the Hermitage exhibition New Holland: Celebrated and Forgotten Artists of the 17th Century. The exhibition will conclude a long-term program devoted to the research, restoration, and reattribution of Dutch paintings in the museum’s collection.

Rabbi Boroda said the partnership reflects the institutions’ shared commitment to preserving cultural heritage, making it accessible to broad audiences, and developing meaningful educational projects. He expressed hope that the program would benefit both Moscow residents and visitors while strengthening cooperation between the two museums.

The agreement builds on several years of collaboration between the institutions, including joint projects devoted to Joseph Brodsky, Franz Kafka, 20th-century dance and art, and Jewish wedding traditions.