Windows to the Russian Soul offers glimpses into the lives and the cultural legacy of the people who lived in political turmoil from the pre-Revolutionary period through the 1980s. Curated with the assistance of staff from the renowned State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the exhibition explores the length, depth, and scope of the country that […] Read more
This exhibition examined Soviet life along the following themes: Industrial and Agricultural Development, Youth & Education, Urban & Rural Lifestyles, World War II, Religion in Art. A brochure for this exhibition was produced and is archived […] Read more
In the museum’s inaugural exhibit, nearly 100 landscapes, portraits and genre paintings depict life in many of the 15 former USSR republics during the Soviet era (1921-1991). As the government encouraged artists to record social progress throughout the vast reaches of the land, the artists also responded to their own creative visions. A brochure for […] Read more
The remarkable photographs of Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii offer a haunting glimpse into a lost world— the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. With the support of Tsar Nicholas II, Prokudin-Gorskii traveled throughout the vast reaches of the Russian Empire, carefully documenting its people, architecture, landscape and […] Read more
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operation Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
