Catherine the Great podcasts
Journalist Lee Randall meets the people behind the Catherine the
Great: An Enlightened Empress exhibition for a series of podcasts
exploring the life, times and collections of the famous Russian
Empress.
Catherine Was Great
Our first podcast features Exhibition Officer Maureen
Barrie, the driving force behind Catherine the Great: An
Enlightened Empress. Here she discusses Catherine's origins as
an obscure German princess, her rise to power and her life and
lovers as Empress of all the Russias.
Catherine the Great Collector
Godfrey Evans, Principle Curator of European Applied Art at
National Museums Scotland, introduces the fabulous collections
amassed by Catherine the Great during her reign, superlative
examples of which can be seen in the exhibition. Lee also talks to
four curators from the State Hermitage Museum: Viacheslav
Fedorov, Head of the Russian Department, Ivan Garmanov, Curator
of Furniture in the Russian Deparment, Elizaveta Renne,
Curator of Painting in the Western European Department and Marina
Lopato, Curator of Silver in the Western European Department.