The Russian History Museum presents a new special exhibition, Mysteries and Odysseys, opening July 18, 2023.

The upcoming exhibition will features recent discoveries that shed new light on museum artifacts, and will highlight noteworthy historical materials that were donated to the museum over the last five years.

Exhibited materials will include a range of remarkable objects, including:

  • Strands of hair belonging to a young Nicholas II that were part of a New York State Police investigation
  • Unique photographs of pioneers of Russian aviation (and their monkey mascot)
  • A parchment document signed by Catherine the Great

The exhibition will also trace the unlikely journeys of objects in the Russian History Museum’s collection, and tell the intriguing stories of their owners.

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