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Opening Ceremony for K.F. Baggovut Exhibition

The ceremony was attended by the Gatchina Museum director, the museum staff, representatives of the administration of Gatchina and the Gatchina district, the museum staff from other museums in Gatchina and Gatchina district, mass media, and citizens of Gatchina. Among the esteemed guests were honorary citizens of Gatchina – Antonina Maksimovna Kachalova, Viktor Mikhailovich Parshikov and Valery Nikolaevich Glebov.

Karl Fedorovich Baggovut is an iconic figure in Gatchina’s history in the second half of the 19th century. In 2010, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of K.Baggovut, who was the head of Gatchina Palace Estate, a mayor of the town and its first honorary citizen. He was a skillful administrator who cared much about the town and made a valuable contribution in the town’s improvement and development.

The exhibition represents an installation of an official’s study dating from the second half of the 19th century. Pieces of furniture and interior design and artefacts are all period objects drawn from the Gatchina palace’s reserves to reflect the era.