World Monuments Fund Alexander Palace Time Machine
World Monuments Fund Alexander Palace Time Machine

Contents

Acknowledgments

From the Mayor of St. Petersburg

Foreward

History of the Alexander Palace

The Restoration Project

The Museum Project

Some Next Steps

Project Participants

The Romanov Dynasty

Chronology

Sources

Zoom Views

Palace Floorplan

Garden Facade

Front Entrance

Sources

 
 
 
 
Bachmann, Konstanze. Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.

Bakh, E. The Residence of the Last Romanovs. Gazeta, 1927 Bartenev, Igor. Leningrad Architectural Landmarks, Art Museums Suburban Palaces and Parks. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985.
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Brumfield, William Craft. A History of Russian Architecture. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Brumfield, William Craft. "Anti-Modernism and the Neoclassical Revival in Russian Architecture, 1906 - 1916." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Volume XL VITI, Number 4, becember 1989, pp. 371 - 386.

Butcher- Younghans, Sherry. Historic House Museums: A Practical Handbook for their Care, Preservation & Management. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Lapina, Liudmila. The Palaces and Parks In Pushkin: A Guide. Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1985.
 
Loukomski, Georges. Charles Cameron, An Illustrated Monograph on his Life and Work in Russia, Particularly at Tsarskoje Selo and Pavlovsk. London: Nicholson & Watson The Commodore Press, 1943.
 
Massie, Robert. Nicholas & Alexandra. New York, Dell Publishing Company, 1967

Massie, Suzanne. Pavlovsk: The Life of A Russian Palace. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990.
 
Middleton, Robin and Watkin, David. Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture, vol. 2, The Diffusion and Development of ClassicIsm and the Gothic Revival. New York: Electa / Rizzoli, 1987.

National Park Service. The Museum Handbook: Part I, Museum Collections. Washington D.C.: The Superintendent of Documents, U.s. Government Printing Office, September, 1990.

Novikov, Y.V. and G.V. Semyonova. "Conceptual Framework for the Restoration of the Alexander Palace m Pushkin." The Architecture of Petersburg: Research Materials, part 2. St. Petersburg: Ingria Publisners, 1992.

O'Connell, Lauren M. "A Rational, National Architecture: Violet-Ie-Duc's Modest Proposal for Russia." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Volume LIl, Number 4, December 1993, pp. 436 - 453

Onassis, Jacqueline, editor. In the Russian Style. New York: The Viking Press, 1976. (Exhibition catalogue published with the cooperation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Simo, Melanie Louise. Loudon and the Landscape, From Country Seat to Metropolis 1783 - 1843. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988.

Strike, James. Architecture In Conservation: Managing Development 111 Historic Sites. London: Routledge, 1993.

Ward, Charles A. Next Time You Go To Russia: A Guide to Historical Landmarks and Art Museums with Maps and Illustrations. New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1980.

Yakovlev, V.l. The Preservation of the Tsar's Residence. Palace-Museum State Publishing House, 1926.

Yakovlev, V.l. The Alexander Palace-Museum in Detskoe Selo. Detskosel'skii and Pavlovsk Palace-Museum State Publishing House, 1927.

Yakovlev, V.l. The Alexander Palace Museum (furnishings). Detskoselskii and Pavlovsk Palace Museum State Publishing House, 1928.


ARCHIVAL SOURCES OF DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE ALEXANDER PALACE:

Beinecke Library, Yale University. The British Architectural Library, The Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London.

Royal Institute of British Architects, Heinz Gallery, 21 Portman Square, London. State Archive of the Russian Federation, Moscow.

Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg. Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg Archive of Cinema and Photo Documents. State Museum-Preserve of Tsarskoe Selo.
 
Pavlovsk Palace Archive, Pavlovsk. Private Archive of Anatoli Mikhailovich Kuchumov, Former Curator, Alexander Palace Museum.

State Commission for the Preservation of Historic Monuments, St. Petersburg.

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