On Saturday, July 9th, Dr. Sean Griffin presented "Saint Prince Vladimir the Great: History, Liturgy, Myth'" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Griffin's presentation was based on his first book, The Liturgical Past in Byzantium [...]
On Saturday, June 11th Dr. Hilde Hoogenboom presented "How Catherine Became 'the Great'" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Throughout her engaging presentation, Hoogenboom discussed myths and lore surrounding the legendary 18th Century Russian ruler. [...]
Dr. Louise Hardiman presented "Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna and the Martha-Mary Convent" on Saturday, May 14th as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture series. In this lecture, the art and architecture of the convent and Elizaveta Feodorovna’s charitable work were [...]
On Saturday, April 9th Dr. Ekaterina Heath presented as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture series. The talk considered various pieces of Russian art in Chinese style, analyzing how chinoiserie effected Grand Duchess Elisabeth Petrovna and court life. Heath considered ways [...]
On Saturday, March 19th this talk by Helen Rappaport was presented as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture series. This Zoom program examined figures like Princess Olga Paley and her husband Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the Yusupovs, and stars from [...]
The Russian History Museum fervently hopes and prays for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine and for the safety of all those affected by the war. The museum is a non-political organization that promotes the study of Russian history and culture. Although it [...]
Watch as Dr. Jakob Seerup, curator at the Museum of Bornholm in Denmark, explores the fascinating story of a rare military collection! On Saturday, February 12th "The Russian Collection at the Danish Arsenal Museum" was presented as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture [...]
Catch up on our first lecture recording release of the new year! On Saturday, January 15th Dr. Margaret Samu presented "A Russian Masterpiece in Paris: Karl Briullov's Last Day of Pompeii at the 1834 Salon." This presentation was a part of the Russian History [...]
On Saturday, December 11th Professor Lee A. Farrow presented a compelling talk on Grand Duke Alexis Romanov's 19th Century North American tour. This talk, "Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke's Tour," provided step-by-step overview of Alexis's travels and adventures and was presented as a [...]
Many of the artifacts in our collection have come to the museum in unexpected ways. The story of a recent acquisition, an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, is no exception. The icon was found at a recent online estate sale in Maryland by [...]
