Fabergé: From the Romanovs to Royalty. Assembling the British Royal Collection of a Russian Master Goldsmith An online lecture by Caroline de Guitaut The British Royal Collection contains the pre-eminent collection of works by the Russian master goldsmith and jeweler, Carl Fabergé. In scale, quality, [...]
Collecting Stories: The McFerrin Fabergé Collection An exclusive online conversation The McFerrin Fabergé Collection, currently numbering over 600 pieces, is among the largest private collections of Fabergé in the world. Join us for an exclusive conversation with Dorothy McFerrin and Jennifer McFerrin-Bohner, collectors and keepers [...]
Journeys Through the Russian Empire: Photography and the Art of Survival An online lecture by Dr. William Brumfield In this program, we will venture into the extraordinary convergences between Dr. Brumfield's work and Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's photographs. This lecture will consider connections to the fate of [...]
Collecting Stories: The Search for the Romanovs An exclusive online conversation with Peter Sarandinaki, President of SEARCH Foundation In July of 1918, fourteen members of the Romanov family were murdered at Ekaterinburg and at Alapayevsk. On February 7th, 1919, Nikolai Sokolov began his investigation into [...]
The Private World of Nicholas and Alexandra: The Restoration of the Alexander Palace and the Russian History Museum Collection Livestream chat Join us for an informal chat with curator Nick Nicholson and Executive Director Michael Perekrestov about the recent opening of the Alexander Palace in [...]
Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke's Tour An online lecture by Professor Lee A. Farrow In the autumn of 1871, Alexis Romanov, the fourth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, set sail from his homeland for an extended journey through the United States [...]
Russian Exiles in Paris After the 1917 Revolution An online lecture by Dr. Helen Rappaport The Romanov flight from Russia is but one part of a much bigger story. There is also a whole untold tale of thousands of writers, poets, artists, politicians, academics, intellectuals [...]
How Catherine Became “the Great” An online lecture by Dr. Hilde Hoogenboom Catherine the Great is in the air again. A four-part BBC series on HBO stars Helen Mirren and covers her reign. A ten-part series on Hulu called The Great, now with a second [...]
The Tsar and the President: Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln An online lecture by Marilyn Swezey Tsar Alexander II and President Lincoln both profoundly influenced the destinies of their respective nations. What were relations like between the autocratic ruler of a centuries-old empire and the [...]
The Afterlife of Fabergé: Fauxbergé and More An online lecture by Dr. Karen Kettering Over a century after the firm of Fabergé was forced to shutter its business, its name is known worldwide and continues to attract thousands of visitors to museum exhibitions, auctions, and [...]