Faberge Museum

This guide to the Faberge Museum in the Shuvalov Palace follows nine Imperial Easter eggs assembled by publishing tycoon Malcolm Forbes over three decades, and the phone call from Russian industrialist Viktor Vekselberg that cancelled their scheduled 2004 Sotheby's auction outright. It traces the seven-year restoration of the Fontanka embankment palace, nearly two centuries old and never before fully restored, that now houses the collection. Step into the Blue Room ahead, where the museum's story really begins.