Gifts and Prayers: The Romanovs and Their Subjects This exhibition of exquisite objects from a private collection (on extended loan and a promised gift to the Georgia Museum of Art) shows how the Romanov family of Russian rulers commissioned, used and distributed gifts to solidify its hold on power. It includes portrait paintings, military medals and orders, statuettes, icons, […] Read more
Photo is from the Collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Russia Leningrad during the Siege, 1941–1944. Collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Russia. Lower Gallery February 18, 2017–June 3, 2017 The exhibition The Siege of Leningrad is a multimedia presentation of one of the most tragic events […] Read more
Lower Gallery The exhibition presents set and costume designs by Vera Mednikova, covering the period from 1969 to 1988. Mednikova’s theatrical career is shared, almost equally, between the Russian and American theater worlds. Vera studied at the prestigious Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography and, after her graduation, worked in the city of Sverdlovsk, […] Read more
Saturday, March 4th – Friday, September 29th *The mezzanine gallery will close to begin its transformation on Friday, September 29th. The main gallery will remain open until October 7th, featuring the paintings of Born in the USSR: Paintings of Childhood and Youth. Admission will be reduced while certain parts of the gallery are closed* […] Read more
Alexander Voitsekhovsky’s “A Whale Off the Coast of Norway and Other Encounters” On view in the Lower Gallery – November 10-13, 2016 TMORA is honored to welcome Russian artist Alexander Voitsekhovsky – illustrator to works by such diverse writers as Pushkin, Hillaire-Belloc and Dostoyevsky. His latest book “A Whale off the Coast of Norway and Other […] 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.
