Exhibition at The Royal Museum of Scotland 2005

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Exhibition at The Royal Museum of Scotland

 

                            

 

AJ Corus 40 Under 40

Saturday 8 October 2005 until Sunday 30 October 2005

Crafts Gallery, Royal Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

AJ Corus 40 Under 40 – an exhibition that celebrates a talented new generation of architects - is to open in the Crafts Gallery of the Royal Museum on Saturday 8 October 2005. The exhibition features seven young Scottish architects and several key Scottish architectural projects. The projects range from futuristic designs and urban redevelopments to residential refurbishments.

AJ Corus 40 under 40, which showcases work by 40 of the country’s leading architects under the age of 40, first launched at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London in June 2005.

The Scottish architects include Alan Pert and Robin Lee of Nord Architecture, who are responsible for Bell House, Campsie Glen and Havelock Mews, Glasgow; Gareth Hoskins Architects, who recently designed a Masterplan for the major redevelopment of the Royal Museum and the Culloden Battlefield Memorial Project, Culloden; and Graeme Williamson of Block Architecture, who designed the Seacroft Archipelago, Skye.

Key Scottish architectural projects featured in AJ Corus 40 under 40 include designs by Martin Ebert of David Chipperfield Architects, London, for the new BBC Headquarters at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, which is due for completion in 2007.

Esther Lynn, Exhibitions Officer for the National Museums of Scotland, said:

‘The Royal Museum, with its stunning Victorian architecture, is an ideal location for an exhibition showcasing the best of young architectural talent in Britain. We are pleased to welcome this exhibition to Edinburgh, particularly as it coincides with the RIBA Stirling Prize Award Ceremony to be held here in October.’

Architect for Corus and member of the AJ Corus 40 under 40 judging panel, Matthew Teague, said:

“We are delighted that our exhibition features such a high number of Scottish architects and architectural projects. This demonstrates the vitality, creativity and diversity of architectural talent that exists in Scotland.

The competition is a revival of an event that last took place in 1988, and which was a popular showcase for young design talent. Previous winners include Will Alsop, David Chipperfield, Sunand Prasad and Ian Simpson.

AJ Corus 40 Under 40 sign at entry of the exhibition

Alan Pert Architect at the Royal Museum of Scotland

Displays on show at the Exhibition

Displays at the Royal Museum of Scotland

Display boards with plans at the exhibition

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Thursday 14 July 2005 until Sunday 30 October 2005

Exhibition at The Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

[Nicholas and Alexandra, The Last Tsar and Tsarina]

14 July 2005 until 30 October 2005

Fabulous Faberge, outstanding court costumes and superb icons from the collections of the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg are just a small selection of the wonderful items which make up the National Museums of Scotland's prestigious summer exhibition of 2005.

Nicholas and Alexandra tells the story of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife the Empress Alexandra: their family, court life and the tragic end to their lives following his abdication. The Tsar and Tsarina have gone down in history as the last royal couple of Russia and with them over 300 years of the Romanov dynasty came to a brutal and abrupt end.

Seldom has a personal story been so closely interwoven with the course of history as that of the last family of Russian Tsars. This exhibition presents the lives of Nicholas (1868-1918) and Alexandra (1872-1918) and their five children - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and the Tsarevich Alexei.  In 1918, sixteen months after the Tsar abdicated, they were murdered by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg.

Hundreds of items, including paintings, furniture and 'objects d'art belonging to the family, will be on display at the Royal Museum, illustrating an impressive and moving personal story.

Dr Gordon Rintoul, Director of the National Museums of Scotland, commented, "I am delighted that National Museums of Scotland has forged a successful partnership with the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg to bring this internationally important exhibition to the United Kingdom.  Nicholas and Alexandra will offer visitors a unique chance to explore the lives of two iconic 20th century figures through the treasures of the world famous Winter Palace".

The exhibition opens with the Romanov Dynasty and a splendid series of portraits from Mikhail Fyodorovich, the first Romanov Tsar who reigned from 1613-1645, through Peter the Great, Catherine II and the earlier nineteenth-century rulers, to the last Tsar and Tsarina. These are complemented by evocative watercolours of palaces and places in Moscow and St Petersburg associated with the Romanov dynasty. Nicholas and Alexandra's family ties with Queen Victoria and other continental royal families will be explained in this section.

The Ramanov Dynasty

The Ramanov dynasty

The last Tsar of Russia

A family photograph

Cutting the wood

Artifacts  of state

Russian neck chain

Russian exhibits in glass case

Floormap of the exhibition

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The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Russian performers at the Museum

An Introduction for the Russian performers at the Museum

The Russian Troupe in a line up

Russian Choir singing below the Millennium Clock

Russian Dancers at the Museum for the Ramanov Exhibition

Russian performers at the Museum

Russian Dancers looking at the performance at the Museum

Russian Tattoo performers at the Museum

Russian performers singing their National Anthem at the Museum

Russian musicians at the Museum

Russian performers at the Museum

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