Thank you for visiting the online exhibition of Jewels of the Romanovs. This website was designed as an introduction to the exhibition which traveled across the United States in 1996 and 1997. We hope you will enjoy your visit to the small part of the show offered here.

At the bottom of every page is a navigation bar which offers a selection of areas to explore. If this is your first time to visit Jewels of the Romanovs we suggest you follow the navigation step by step as you explore the site.

About the website
The website contains about forty objects which are a part of the the total exhibit. There are ecclesiastical objects, jewelry, paintings and costumes from the 300 years of the Romanov Dynasty who ruled Russia from 1613 until 1917. No images or text from the website can be used or reproduced without permission from Pallasart or the American Curator, Nicholas B. A. Nicholson.

A word to educators
Teachers are encouraged to use the Jewels of the Romanovs website as a part of class studies in Russian History. As a companion to this site a wide assortment of online books and photographs documenting the reign of the last Tsar of Russia and his family is available at the Alexander Palace Time Machine.

About the exhibition sponsors
The Jewels of the Romanovs was presented by the American Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Museum - Exhibition "Diamond Fund", GOHRAN, Russia, the State Archives of the Russian Federation, the State Museum-Preserve "Tsarskoe Selo", The Yaroslav Architectural and Historical Museum-Preserve and the State Museum-Preserve "Pavlovsk"