Saved for Russia: Works of art donated to the State Hermitage Museum by the North-Western Customs
June 1997 - 29 May 2000

The exhibition Saved for Russia opened on May 9, 1998, in the Rastrelli Gallery of the Winter Palace. On show are over 60 items donated to the Hermitage by the North-Western Customs. These items of Russian and Western European applied art and icons were confiscated by the Customs Service from those seeking to export them illegally. On view are a wide range of jewellery pieces created at well-known Russian workshops and porcelain pieces produced at no less famous Russian porcelain factories.