February 26 at the Voronezh Regional Art Museum. I.N. Kramskoy opened the exhibition “Tsar dolls”.

Voronezh residents and guests of the city are presented with unique exhibits – dolls and toys of the children of Emperor Nicholas II, recreated from photographs, drawings and materials from memoirs.

The author of the collection is Svetlana Pchelnikova, an artist, collector, philanthropist, laureate of the RF Government Prize in the field of culture.

Visitors will see 19th century porcelain dolls, clothes and replicas of dolls’ utensils, wooden toy soldiers, antique paper dolls, and many other original toys.

The exhibition is complemented by photographs and portraits of members of the imperial family, books and annotations.

For the first visitors to the exhibition, Svetlana Pchelnikova conducted an author’s excursion, during which she shared the history of her collection and answered guests’ questions.

Tickets can be bought both online and at the ticket office of the museum.

The exhibition will run until April 11, 2021.