Past Exhibitions

Violins of Hope: Honoring Memory Through Music

Presented in partnership with the Minnesota JCC, the exhibition Violins of Hope is a global initiative that showcases restored violins played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. The Minnesota JCC brings these unique violins to communities of the Twin Cities through exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, and storytelling.   The collection  was established by violin-maker Amnon Weinstein (1939-2024) and […] Read more

Cats and Dogs in Soviet Art: Workers, Teachers, Friends

The Museum of Russian Art presents an exhibition of forty paintings featuring cats and dogs, on loan from The Raymond and Susan Johnson Collection of 20th Century Russian art and other private American collections. Thirteen of these have never been shown before and will be displayed in an American museum for the first time.  Painted by […] Read more

Spies and Space: Cold War Artifacts from Both Sides of the Iron Curtain

An exhibition by SuperMonster市City! and The Museum of Russian Art This exhibition features toys, games, posters, comic books, and other cultural artifacts on loan from SuperMonster市City! (SMC), developed in collaboration with TMORA using objects from its permanent and research collections. More than two hundred objects on display date to the Cold War era (1950s–1980s) and were produced on both sides […] Read more

Frenemy Moments: Soviet-American Conversations in Cold War Photographs

Showcasing fifteen historical photographs from the period of the Cold War, the exhibition focuses on the complex engagement between the two major powers: the US and the USSR, that went beyond hostile rhetoric and deep-seated mistrust. A 1974 summit of Soviet leader Brezhnev and President Ford, a Pepsi-Cola factory in southern Russia, paintings from the […] Read more

Rare Ornaments from Mid-Century Russia

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