On Saturday, September 12, Dr. Elena Osokina presented "Ivan the Terrible: Russia’s Bloodthirsty Reformer " as a part of the Russian History Museum’s Second Saturday online lecture series. Was Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) a ruthless despot, a transformative reforme, or a far more complicated [...]
How did Russian nobility spend their summers around 1900? For many members of Russia’s aristocracy, summer meant leaving the cities behind and heading for a family estate, a dacha (summer home), or a resort. The change of scenery offered an opportunity to escape the [...]
We are thrilled to announce that six dedicated donors and board members are matching all donations made by December 31, up to $50,000! Donate Now Your investment in our museum enables us to: Inspire with amazing [...]
Anastasia Shteinert, Communications and Engagement Manager November is a month of gratitude, when families come together for Thanksgiving to celebrate the blessings of the past year. In observance of this holiday, we are highlighting four documents expressing heartfelt gratitude from different periods and locations. [...]
The Russian History Museum presents a new special exhibition, Mysteries and Odysseys, will open on July 16, 2023. The exhibition will feature recent discoveries that shed new light on museum artifacts, and highlight noteworthy historical materials that were donated to the museum over the [...]
On Saturday, April 1, the Russian History Museum commemorated the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth with an online lecture by Dr. Valeria Z. Nollan. The lecture, "Sergei Rachmaninoff Re-Envisioned for the Twenty-First Century," was presented as part of the Russian History Museum's Second [...]
On Saturday, March 11, Dr. Joachim Pissarro presented "200 Years of Russian Art: The Sublime, Its Vagaries and Incessant Return" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Essays on Russian art tend to focus either on [...]
On Saturday, February 11, Robin Joy Wellman presented "Forgotten Tales of California: The Russian-American Company and Fort Ross" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Chartered under Emperor Paul I, the Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored [...]
The Russian History Museum is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two Regrowth and Capacity Enhancement grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, each in the amount of $5,000. The funds will be used towards enhancing the museum's marketing [...]
On Saturday, January 14, Dr. Sibelan Forrester presented "Russian Folklore: Words Transformed Over Centuries" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Russian folklore is naturally intertwined with the environment, history, and politics of Russia and the [...]
