Exhibition "The Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. Historical and Artistic Reconstruction"

About exhibition

The Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich is a modern reconstruction of a monument of 17th-century Russian wooden architecture, an example of a distinctive style whose essence lies in combining elements of pre-Petrine Rus' architecture with Western European influences. The palace is distinguished by a high level of craftsmanship and ornamentation, resulting from a variety of techniques and materials. Called by contemporaries the eighth wonder of the world, it has been preserved in numerous documents, memoirs, measured drawings, paintings and models in archives and museums in Russia and Western Europe. The reconstruction of the interiors is based on surviving historical sources describing the palace's artistic decoration. Originally the palace stood at the center of the royal residence, but so as not to disturb the integrity of the Gosudarev Dvor complex, it was decided to recreate the palace in the southern part of the museum-reserve. Externally the modern palace fully corresponds to the original. Visitors to the women's quarters will see the tsarina's chambers. Here are the svetlitsa (main living room), a workshop, a prayer room, as well as the room of Sofya Alekseyevna and the room of Elizaveta Petrovna.