A variety of educational programs featuring Russian art, plus a Russian-themed lunch or tea, are major offerings at the North Carolina Museum of History through March 5. The exhibits are titled The Tsars’ Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs, running concurrently with Windows into Heaven: Russian Icons from the Lilly and Francis Robicsek Collection of Religious Art.
Charges for the tea and lunch events are per person and include admission to both exhibits. Russian Lunch: $24.95: Cabbage and mixed greens with tangy herb vinaigrette; chicken Kiev; beet, fennel and sweet corn salad; cheese blintzes; and iced tea. Russian Tea: $18.95: Smoked salmon and watercress tea sandwich; mini tarragon chicken salad cups; wild mushroom blinchiki; assorted mini pavlova; and iced tea.
The tea and lunch programs, which are available to groups of 10 or more, require reservations. To check availability and make a reservation for your group, contact Cheri Williams, Special Events Coordinator, at 919-807-7875. For more information about the Museum of History, call 919-807-7900 or access ncmuseumofhistory.org or Facebook.