Exhibition “The Orangery of the Tver Art Gallery”

About exhibition

The palace orangery is an integral part of the architectural and park ensemble of the Tver Imperial Palace. Its creation is associated with the reconstruction of the palace in 1864–1871 under the supervision of architect A. I. Rezanov. The building was erected in the forms of the Louis XVI architectural style and was used for growing and forcing plants to decorate the palace and garden. Scientific restoration of the building was completed in 2021. Today it houses exhibition halls of the art gallery and a winter garden. In the orangery’s exhibition halls visitors can learn about the history of the palace garden’s layout and view rotating exhibitions of graphics and decorative-applied arts. The winter garden features the exhibition “Plants of the Palace Orangeries,” timed to the 150th anniversary of the orangery (1870–2020). The “green collection” was recreated based on plant inventories from 1883 and 1908 discovered in the archives. In addition, visitors can see some masterpieces of the plant kingdom that were cultivated at other imperial residences — from the Northern Capital to the southern shore of Crimea. Guided tours introduce the history of Russian palace orangeries, the evolution of plant fashions, and interesting old cultivars and little-known flower species that have often survived as echoes of a glorious past, largely only in Russia.