Maps: Pathways to Russia
February 25, 2012 to May 25, 2012
As an icon offers the devout worshipper tangible evidence of the intangible heavenly world, an early map confirms the reality of a far-away land that lies outside the observer's sensory experience. In this unique exhibition Maps: Pathways to Russia, we trace the West’s discovery of Russia through a carefully selected sequence of original maps and views, printed in Europe during the 15th through 18th centuries. More...
Celebrate the Season: Icons of the Nativity
December 10, 2011 through January 16, 2012
The Nativity of Christ, also known as Christmas, is celebrated in many cultures around the world. Told throughout generations, the iconic story has many varied traditions. Using icons from the collection this exhibit articulates the story of the Nativity from the Russian Orthodox perspective. Laura Garrity-Arquitt curates this seasonal exhibition. More...
Sacred Russian Castings:
An Exhibition of Cast
Metal Icons and Crosses
The Museum will present the acclaimed
Hollingsworth collection of Russian metal icons and crosses, which
chronicles the entire history of the
Russian Orthodox Church from the 11th C. to the 19th C.
The holy objects on view in Sacred Russian Castings are of a kind once
readily found in even the humblest homes of Russia, as well as its
grand churches
and public shrines. The exhibit includes more than 100 sand-cast and
enameled metal icons and crosses, some set in painted icon panels. More...
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Windows to Heaven: Treasures from the
Museum
of Russian Icons, A Traveling Exhibition
This traveling exhibition brings together a grouping of historically significant
Russian Icons dating from 1590 to the present. St. Nicholas and St. George,
Old Testament scenes, pictorial themes centered on the life of Jesus, and images
of the Mother of God are well represented in this collection from the Museum.
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