Since 2013 the lavish 18th century Shuvalov Palace, St. Petersburg has been the home of Museum Fabergé and holds the world’s largest collection of Fabergé eggs. The most famous room, the Blue Room, holds the Imperial Easter Eggs, which represents the second largest collection of Imperial eggs in the world. Those in the collection were commissioned by the last Russian emperors Alexander III and Nicholas II.
Renaissance Easter Egg Jewelry Box
Born in St. Petersburg, Peter Carl Fabergé was a talented jeweler who was appointed to serve the Russian court in 1885. In over 35 years of Tsarist patronage, Fabergé and his diamond cutters and goldsmiths created 54 gold eggs to mark significant occasions, from coronations to royal weddings. Following the assassination of the Romanovs in 1918, the Bolsheviks stole the imperial jewelry collection, and Fabergé fled to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he died two years later. 
The Fabergé Museum is a tribute to legendary Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé. in more recent years, Russia has been quietly buying back its cultural heritage, and in 2013 opened the Fabergé Museum to house its collection of nine eggs (the largest collection in the world). Highlights of the collection include the first egg that Fabergé created in 1885—for Tsar Alexander III as a gift for his wife, Empress Maria Feodorovna.The museum also preserves the First Hen Egg, also known as the Jeweled Hen Egg, the first egg that the Tsar Alexander III commissioned from Fabergé as a gift for his wife Maria Fyodorovna. The egg was received with such enthusiasm that a tradition was created, and each year milestones in the lives of the royal family were celebrated in intricate Easter eggs. We had a wonderful couple of hours at exhibition.
Cockerel Easter Egg-Clock – A gift from Emperor Nicholas II to his wife Empress Maria on Easter in 1900. Made with gold, pearls, diamonds,feathers, guilloche enamel, casting engraving, sawing embossment. When clicking on the button at the top of the egg, the lid opens and a cockerel appears, he crows, and flaps his wings, and is hidden inside the egg again, Ingenious!
Bay Tree Easter Egg A gift from Emperor Nicholas II to the dowager Empress Maria on Easter in 1911. Made with Gold, jade, diamonds, quartz, rubies, amethysts, citrines, pearls, feathers, enamel, casting,stamping, engraving, polishing. The upper part of the tree contains an opening for a key and a tiny lever when pressed, a bird with iridescent feathers appears and begins to sing. The leaves are made of jade and are covered with pink diamonds citrine and small white enamel flowers 
Fifteenth Anniversary Easter Egg
A gift from Emperor Nicholas II to his wife Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna on Easter in 1911. Made with gold, diamonds, ivory, guilloche enamel, embossing, water color
The Fifteenth anniversary easter egg is the only one decorated with portraits and historical compositions. There are 7 portraits of the Tsars family and compositions showing key events from the reign of the emperor.
The Faberge museum collection contains about 4000 works of decorative applied and fine arts, we thoroughly enjoyed our visit!
