On Saturday, September 10th, Dr. Elizabeth Zelensky presented "Pavlovsk Park Long Ago and Forever: Scouting as a Factor in 20th Century Russian Self-Identity" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. What was the relationship between liberalism, [...]
On Saturday, August 13th, Dr. K. Andrea Rusnock presented "Pictures in Thread: Late Imperial Russia and Needlework" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday online lecture series. Needlework played a key role in nineteenth century Russian culture and art [...]
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 [...]
