On May 8th, Dr. William Craft Brumfield presented "Journeys Through the Russian Empire: Photography and the Art of Survival." This lecture presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. The lecture ventures into the extraordinary convergences between Dr. [...]
On April 22nd, the Russian History Museum's Executive Director Michael Perekrestov and Curator Nick Nicholson presented this inaugural livestream event. Their discussion was centered around a striking silver presentation box by the firm of Fabergé, decorated with Egyptian figures, enameled coats of [...]
On Thursday, April 15, the Russian History Museum presented its inaugural Collecting Stories conversation. Collecting Stories is a new program in which curator Nick Nicholson and other members of RHM staff are able to have live, in-person conversations with collectors, curators, scholars, and notable members of the Russian [...]
On April 10th, Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art at Royal Collection Trust Caroline de Guitaut presented "Fabergé: From the Romanovs to Royalty. Assembling the British Royal Collection of a Russian Master Goldsmith." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's [...]
The Russian History Museum is pleased to announce that April's online programming is dedicated to exploring the artistry and genius of the court jeweler to the tsars, the Firm of Karl Fabergé. Three programs will focus on the work of the firm, highlighting a masterpiece [...]
The Russian History Museum is pleased to announce that Nicholas B. A. Nicholson has been appointed Curator effective immediately. Nicholson is transferring to the position from his previous role as Director of Development. Nicholson's priorities will be working on developing new exhibitions; researching and cataloging the [...]
On March 13th, University at Albany (SUNY) professor Nadieszda Kizenko presented "The Experience of Confession in Imperial Russia." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. Using objects from the Russian History Museum's collection, this talk looked [...]
On February 13th, Westminster College Professor Russell Martin presented an online lecture titled "Royal Weddings in Russia: Pageant and Piety at the Court of Russia's Rulers." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. The weddings of [...]
On January 11, 2001, Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Princess of the Blood Imperial and great-granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I, died in Valley Cottage, New York, where she had lived for many years at the home for the elderly at the Tolstoy Foundation. On the 20th [...]
On January 9th, art historian Wendy Salmond presented an online lecture titled "The Old Russian Style and the Arts of Nostalgia." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. In the closing decades of the Russian Empire [...]
