Talks & Tours
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Russian Porcelain: A History by Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, Curator of Porcelain from the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg
Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Cost: $8.00 Members / $10.00 Non-Members
Dr. Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, Curator of Porcelain at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, will present a lecture on the founding of the Imperial Porcelain Factory by Peter the Great's daughter Empress Elizabeth. For over 200 years the Russian courts of the Tsars commissioned what was known as "white gold;" porcelain dining services created by the Imperial Porcelain Factory that were exclusively used by the Imperial Romanov family for nearly two centuries. This lecture will highlight pieces from the Kathleen Durdin collection currently on view in the Tsars' Cabinet exhibition at the Sonoma County Museum.
Special Off-Site Tour of Fort Ross
Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Cost: $35.00 Members / $45.00 Non-Members
In conjunction with the Tsars' Cabinet exhibition and in commemoration of 200 years of the Fort Ross Settlement and State Historic Park, the Sonoma County Museum is offering a special off-site tour that includes a tour of Fort Ross given by State Park Interpreters Hank Brinbaum and Robin Joy, and a boxed lunch from Chloé's French Café. The tour includes a demonstration of the firing of the antique cannons located at the Fort. Please join us for this special event at Fort Ross. Registration deadline is May 10th. Participants will be providing their own transportation up to Fort Ross.
