FABERGE Museum, Imperial Easter Eggs, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg was founded to preserve, study, and promote Russia s cultural heritage as well as to develop the city s extensive network of museums. The museum s collection contains the world s largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé, including nine of the famous Imperial Easter Eggs, regarded not only as the finest jeweled works of art, but also as unique historical artifacts. The museum s collection also includes decorative and applied works made by the Russian masters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum is located in the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka River one of the most beautiful palaces in St. Petersburg. The Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a privately owned museum which was established by Viktor Vekselberg and his Link of Times foundation in order to repatriate lost cultural valuables to Russia. A highlight of the museum s collection is the group of nine Imperial Easter eggs created by Faberg, 233