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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., United States. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov, including two Fabergé eggs.
Photo by Michael Moran. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre (64 ha) botanical garden, art museum, [3] and outdoor sculpture park located in Grand Rapids Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1995, Meijer Gardens quickly established itself in the Midwest as a major cultural attraction jointly focused on horticulture and ...
Gold and sapphire-framed miniature portraits (missing) The Twelve Monograms egg, also known as the Alexander III Portraits egg, is an Easter egg made under the supervision of the Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé in 1896 for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. [1] It was presented by Nicholas II to his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna.
The Imperial Coronation egg, one of the most famous and iconic of all the Fabergé eggs. The Moscow Kremlin egg, 1906. A Fabergé egg (Russian: яйцо Фаберже, romanized: yaytso Faberzhe) is a jewelled egg created by the jewellery firm House of Fabergé, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. As many as 69 were created, of which 57 survive today.
Painted steel. Dimensions. 13 m × 9.1 m × 16 m (43 ft × 30 ft × 54 ft) Location. Vandenberg Plaza, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Coordinates. 42°58′10″N 85°40′15″W / 42.96937°N 85.67075°W / 42.96937; -85.67075. La Grande Vitesse, a public sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, is located on the large concrete plaza ...
The museum also maintains the Voigt House Victorian Home, located at 115 College Ave. SE. The Voigt House, built in 1896, was the residence of the Carl Voigt family for over 76 years. Donated to the Grand Rapids Foundation upon the death of the youngest child Ralph Voigt in 1971, the property came into the eventual possession of the museum in 1974.
Website. fordlibrarymuseum.gov. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum and burial place of Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States (1974–1977), and his wife Betty Ford. It is located near the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford's presidential museum is the only ...
Meyer May House. The Meyer May House is a Frank Lloyd Wright -designed house in the Heritage Hill Historic District of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the United States. It was built in 1908–09, and is located at 450 Madison Avenue SE. It is considered a fine example of Wright's Prairie School era, and "Michigan's Prairie masterpiece". [1][2]