Exhibition dedicated to friendship of two monarches

Alexander I and Leopold I

14 September - 20 Oktober 2002

The exhibition Two crowns reflects the history of the russian-belgian relations and is timed to coincide with the an important event in the moscow cultural life – “The Brussel days in Moscow”. It isn’t a well-known fact, that the first king of independent Belgium Leopold Sax Koburg spent his childhood at the russian royal court and was friends with the russian emperor Alexander the First. The conception of the exhibition is to provide a new look at the history of the russian- belgian relations, which are to a certain extent marked with the friendship of two emperors. The exposition displays documents, concerning russian – belgian relations, pieces of art, dedicated to the epoch of Alexander’s reign and the works of contemporary artists, inspired by the 19-th century european history.