Thursday, June 26, 2014

Russian Icon Exhibit at Archives

The University Archives and Special Collections announces a new exhibition in its Museum Gallery.
“Windows into Heaven: Russian Icons from the Lilly and Francis Robicsek Collection of Religious Art,” runs through October 18. The gallery is open 1–5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

This exhibition brings together almost three dozen Russian icons dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, during the time of the Romanovs, selected from the collection of Lilly and Francis Robicsek of Charlotte, N.C. Commentary is provided by the North Carolina Museum of History. There will be related programming throughout the Advent semester.

In order to focus on the “Windows into Heaven” exhibition and departmental responsibilities, University Archives and Special Collections will not be responding to research and other inquiries until after Aug. 10. 


For more information email <Deb​bieLee.Landi@sewanee.edu>. 

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