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A Russian Easter Egg-stravaganza!
Spring Family Day at Hillwood Museum & Gardens
April 4, 2004 12:00–5:00 PM
Washington, D.C. –This Russian Easter holiday Hillwood
Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave., N.W., will host “A
Russian Easter Egg-stravaganza!” Featuring the Easter traditions
and celebrations of imperial Russia. After touring the Mansion, visitors
can step into “Fabergé’s Workshop” to make a
Fabergé-style egg to take home and try their hand at a traditional
Russian egg-rolling game in Hillwood’s gardens. A costumed interpreter
portraying Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia, will make
an appearance and share stories about his life and how he and his
family celebrated Easter with amazing Fabergé eggs. Families
will also enjoy listening to richly animated Russian Easter stories.
Throughout the year Hillwood offers a wide variety of activities
for families highlighting the culture and history of Marjorie Merriweather
Post’s collection. Families can take part in tours of the Mansion
andA Russian Easter Egg-stravaganza!
Spring Family Day at Hillwood Museum & Gardens
April 4, 2004 12:00–5:00 PM
Reservations are required and can be made by calling 202.686.5807.
Fees are $7 per child; 2 adults accompanying a child enter free, $12
each additional adult; $10 seniors; $7 full-time students with ID.
Parking is free. Children must be six years or older to tour the Mansion,
but all are welcome on the estate for all activities.
Hillwood Museum & Gardens was the Washington residence of Marjorie
Merriweather Post (1887–1973), cereal heiress and art collector,
from 1955 to 1973. Mrs. Post assembled the most comprehensive collection
of Russian imperial art outside of Russia and a world-renowned collection
of eighteenth-century French decorative arts, crafted by some of Europe’s
most illustrious cabinetmakers, artists, and goldsmiths. Objects of
note are porcelain commissioned by Catherine the Great, Easter eggs
by Carl Fabergé, and bejeweled chalices and icons from imperial
Russia. Mrs. Post’s majestic French collection includes furniture
commissioned by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Beauvais tapestries,
and Sèvres porcelain. Hillwood is set upon twenty-five acres,
twelve of which are enchanting formal gardens, including a Japanese-style
garden and a French parterre. Hillwood opened to the public in 1977.
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