Discover the stunning Fabergé Museum, which holds the world’s largest collection of items from the House of Fabergé. 

Just as Konstantin Makovsky highlighted Russian history, culture and folklore in monumental Western European-style paintings, Russian composers, including a famous group of five, did the same in symphonic music and opera during the mid-nineteenth century.

Night of Decadence

Dive deeper into the stories behind Konstantin Makovksky: The Tsar’s Painter in this day-long symposium presented in partnership with the The Carmel Institute of Russian Culture and History at American University.  

Be among the first to see the newly designed Russian Sacred Arts Gallery, which highlights the distinctive visual culture and spiritual tradition practiced in Russia’s majestic churches as well as the intimacy of its homes.

Icons are an integral part of the spiritual fabric of old Russia, and they have long adorned monasteries, churches, and homes. Scott Ruby,  curator of Russian and Eastern European art, examines the great treasures of the medieval period and the place these icons held in private and public life.

Go behind the pages of Eva Stachniak's new novel, Empress of the Night, as the author discusses her fascination with the formidable Empress of All the Russias and reveals what went into her writing process to cast “light on Catherine’s life with unflinching honesty and intimacy.” (Virtuoso Life Magazine)

At the request of Tsar Nicholas II, a set of porcelain figures that describe the history of Russia’s diverse cultural heritage was created between 1907 and 1917 by Pavel P. Kamensky at the Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg. This lecture presents more about the entire series of figures, commissioned as the Russian government publically embraced the population’s diversity.

Explore the art collections of two extraordinary women who accomplished what great men did in the spheres of governance, politics, and business.