The exhibition, placed in the Front Hall of the Armoury Chamber, is timed to the New Year's holiday. Its exposition serves as an expression of gratitude to different organizations and persons who assisted in replenishing of the Moscow Kremlin museum's collection with new outstanding exhibits. The displayed items include artworks executed by the world-known jewellery firms of Faberge, F. Lorie, F. Kochly, K. Bock, as well as articles from the Imperial Porcelain Manufacture. All the pieces are of delicate workmanship and of great historical and artistic value.

The exhibition, placed in the Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace, is correlated with a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the greatest event in the Russian history of the XVIIIth century - the Battle of Poltava. The project participants are the world-known museums. About 160 unique items form the Kremlin collections are on display, i.e. the portraits of persons involved in the Great Northern War, officer decorations, gold commemorative medals, pieces of Russian and Swedish arms of the early XVIIIth century, personal equipment belonged to Charles XII, Peter I and his companions, artworks by Russian silversmiths and enamelled items, dedicated to themes of Poltava. The exhibits, worthy of particular attention, are the trophies, captured by Russian troops during the Battle: flags, kettledrums, drums, banners' peaks, arms and Swedish officer decorations.

The exhibition in the Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace presents more than 200 outstanding artworks by makers of Augsburg of the XVIth-XVIIIth centuries. Since the Renaissance this free Imperial city has been one of the major European centers. The exposition comprises precious pieces executed by renowned goldsmiths, painted Meissen porcelain, ivory carvings, remarkable Augsburg mechanical watches, engravings. It also includes a rare collection of sculpture, the pride of which is a relief depicting Mother of God and a Child, executed by Hans Dauher in 1520 for Manuel I of Portugal.

The opening of the exhibition in the Front Hall of the Armoury Chamber coincides with the International Museum Day - May, 18. It represents a history of the Moscow Kremlin Museums depicted in photos of 1919-2009, most of which have never been exhibited. Some of the pictures are not the artworks of professional photography but were taken by the Museum's workers as a vivid illustration of the most interesting moments in the Kremlin and his museums history.

A unique sample of the mid-XVIth century Russian weapon art is going to be exhibited in the Front Hall of the Armoury Chamber. It is the helmet of Tsar Ivan the Terrible from the Royal Armoury collection in Stockholm, the oldest museum of Sweden, - a masterpiece, which is remarkable both for the name of its owner and for its destiny, related to important events in the history of Russia, Sweden and Poland. The Royal Armoury in Stockholm is the oldest museum of Sweden with a collection containing masterpieces of jewellery making and weapon art, i.e. royal treasuries, arms and armour of high historical and cultural value. One the most distinguished exhibits of the museum is the helmet of Russian Tsar Ivan IV.

Display in the Assumption Belfry of the Moscow Kremlin presents the collection of treasuries from the Kuwait National Museum, including articles of the Mughal rulers of India of the XVIth-XVIIIth centuries. The exhibition is a part of a long-term project "Royal and Imperial treasuries in the Moscow Kremlin". Its exposition with more than 250 artworks of the Mughal period, i.e. jewellery of personal adornment, precious weapons, carved jade and crystal bowls finished with precious stones, reveals variety of techniques and craftsmanship of the Indian makers, especially technique of enameling and inlaying. The most impressive items are the precious stones inscribed with the titles of their imperial owners or decorated with delicate ornamental carving.

The exhibition in the One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace is fully dedicated to the art of the Sublime Port from the XVIth to XVIIth centuries. Consisting of more than 80 exhibits it is based on a unique Kremlin collection of the Turkish artworks executed in the period of active diplomatic and trade relations between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The exposition includes ancient arms, luxurious horse trappings, articles decorated with precious metals and stones, embroidered textiles and some articles of the Russian Tsars' regalia, such as orb and staff by the Istanbul makers which belonged to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

The exhibition in the Assumption Belfry presents jewellery artworks of the world-renowned Italian company, established by Mario Buccellati, a goldsmith of Milan, in 1919. Having mastered the art of metal working and jewellery making he developed his own style, improved traditional techniques and decorative methods. Among the 150 exhibited articles, executed by Mario Buccellati and his sun Gianmaria, you will see precious rings, bracelets and brooches, jewellery sets, figured silver items, decorative cups and many other artworks from private and museums' collections of Milan, Florence, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, etc. The display, illustrating the history and evolution of the Buccellati production, is one of the projects, organized by the Moscow Kremlin museums to represent the greatest jewellery firms of the XXth century to the Russian audience.