The Fabergé Museum in the Shuvalov Palace houses the world's largest collections of works by Peter Carl Fabergé, including nine of the renowned, bejeweled imperial Easter eggs for which the ...
It wasn't until the early 1800s that it was converted into a museum. Now, it showcases Western ... Don't miss the Fabergé egg exhibit. Be forewarned, though, recent travelers complain about ...
Once a prized Louvre artifact, now the greatest goldsmith fraud in history, the tiara of Saitaphernes toed the line between ...
A flat or openwork house, in the shape of a wizard's tower or a beehive - these architectural projects are amazing!
Before Mar-a-Lago became Donald Trump's Florida retreat, it was a winter escape for Marjorie Merriweather Post, the powerhouse heiress behind the General Foods empire. In the spring and fall, however, ...
After the revolution, the Bolsheviks sold to French and English collectors almost all the jewelled eggs and boxes that ... “Me, I’m no museum type,” he said as we neared the Hermitage.
Access to Mar-a-Lago remains limited due to Trump's residence there, but Hillwood is a museum open to the public ... were two gold and diamond-encrusted eggs made by Fabergé, a jeweler catering ...