Nestled within The World of Russian Fairy Tales exhibition is another enchanting realm: vintage tree ornaments from Soviet-era Moscow. A hundred ornaments and related artifacts from the late 1930s–1960s are on view at TMORA through January 25, 2026. The displays include a decorated feather tree, a miniature tree from the Khrushchev era, and an armada […] Read more
In February 2022, immediately after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) painted a large Ukrainian flag on its building as a visible and lasting expression of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. For more than three years, that bold symbol has greeted visitors and passersby as a public […] Read more
This exhibition presents twenty-four watercolors by Nadezhda Glazunova. Professionally painted in the style of folk art, these delightful images feature traditional holidays in a Russian village and lifecycle events marking key transitional points in a peasant’s life, such as a wedding or a baptism. Glazunova’s book illustrations are included, as well. The paintings were brought […] Read more
TMORA presents forty paintings created by two Novosibirsk artists at the end of the Soviet epoch. Not a lot of art reaches the Western Hemisphere from Siberia. This remarkable collection was brought to the US by American artist Kevin H. Adams who was invited by the Soviet government to tour Russia in 1989 with an […] Read more
The World of Russian Fairy Tales explores the rich traditions of old Russian fairy tales, preserved for centuries through folk art and storytelling. Colorfully painted on lacquer boxes and nesting dolls, presented in children’s books and modeled as Christmas ornaments, these fairy tales continue to amaze and amuse, and they do more than that: they preserve […] Read more
