Exhibitions abroad
The Moscow Kremlin Museums take part in an international exhibition project which is to present Islamic art and culture from the VIIIth to the XIXth century through the universal tradition of gift giving. The exhibition, assembled in the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) with the support of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, and features more than 200 masterpieces gathered from museums and private collections of Europe, America and the Middle East. Having been composed of precious, historically significant pieces of Islamic art, most part of which can be classified as state, religious or personal gifts, the exhibition explores the impact of gift giving on the development of Islamic art. For the purpose of revealing the integral and complex nature of gift exchange in the Islamic world the Moscow Kremlin Museums have lent 16 artworks of the XVIIth century, which had been crafted by the Iranian and Turkish makers and presented to Russian tsars and their relatives as diplomatic gifts.
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The exhibition, held in the Prague Castle Riding Hall, explores social and political activities of the founders of the renowned Romanov dynasty – tsars Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov and Alexis Mikhailovich Romanov-, and their spiritual guide and counsellor Patriarch Philaret as well. The exhibition project was to reveal the sovereigns’ strong impact exerted on the process of the development of the Russian state, the spiritual and social life of the Russian people, as they have made a great contribution to the improvement of the political and economic situation in the country, its legislative system, to the development of the Russian culture, arts and crafts. 130 precious articles, relating to the Tsars and their lifetime, are presented by the Moscow Kremlin Museums within the exhibition. The collection incorporates pieces of jewellery, arms and armour, horse trappings, garments and textiles, icons. Some of the items were transferred from the Kremlin funds for the first time.
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The Moscow Kremlin Museums take part in organization of an international exhibition which is assembled in the Castle of Prangins of the Swiss National Museum, Switzerland. The project covers precious timepieces of the famous Breguet firm, founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet, who is considered to be the greatest watchmaker of the late XVIIIth - early XIXth century and the inventor of a new style and fashion in the art of watchmaking. At the exhibition the Moscow Kremlin Museums introduce unique artworks by the "Breguet" - pocket watches, two of which are regarded as some of the most technically-accomplished.
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The Moscow Kremlin Museums take part in organization of an international exhibition which is assembled in the Castle of Prangins of the Swiss National Museum, Switzerland. The project covers precious timepieces of the famous Breguet firm, founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet, who is considered to be the greatest watchmaker of the late XVIIIth - early XIXth century and the inventor of a new style and fashion in the art of watchmaking. At the exhibition the Moscow Kremlin Museums introduce unique artworks by the "Breguet" - pocket watches, two of which are regarded as some of the most technically-accomplished.
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The exhibition, which presents precious items from the Moscow Kremlin funds in the Silver Museum of the Palazzo Pitti, has been arranged as one of the projects within the cross-cultural collaborative programme to mark the Year of Russian Language and Culture in Italy. Having been composed of masterpieces from the most ancient Russian museum - the Armoury Chamber -, the exposition was intended to introduce the Italian audience to the cultural heritage of Russia, and to demonstrate the history of the development of the magnificent Moscow Kremlin collection during several centuries. Over one hundred unique pieces of decorative and applied arts of the XIIth-XIXth centuries are on display, including Russian and European jewellery, weapons, ceremonial vestments, horse trappings. In former times most of the exhibits were carefully preserved in the Russian Tsar's treasury.
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The exhibition curated by the Moscow Kremlin Museums is held in Finland, the Design museum of Helsinki. It is dedicated to the main amusement of Russian Tsars and Emperors and presents a remarkable collection of the Moscow Kremlin exhibits, related to the history of royal hunting. Exploring peculiarities and traditions of the Russian hunting at the Tsar’s court, the exposition reveals this amusement as an elaborate ceremonial procession with its own stylistics, fashion and etc. The display depicts various types of hunting, its role in the court life as a part of political and diplomatic etiquette. Remarkable items of hunting equipment and weapons are on display for the first time. Some of them were never taken abroad.
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The exposition comprises ceremonial weapons and horse harness, items of gold and silver, furnishings for the Tsars' chambers and interior utensils for the Kremlin cathedrals, precious vestments as well as some articles of the state regalia.
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