THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, November 6, 1996 TAG: 9611060040
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: 35 lines
IF YOU'VE BEEN meaning to see the fabulous Faberge exhibit at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, this week is your last chance.
Tickets are issued throughout the day during the extended gallery hours for this show. As of late Monday, tickets were available for entry at these times:
Today, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; only the 11 a.m. slot was sold out.
On Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the 10 a.m. slot was sold out.
Saturday, sold out except for the 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. slots.
Sunday, sold out except for 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Since it opened in late August, the exhibit - which has two components, ``Faberge in America'' and ``The Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Faberge'' - has attracted more than 116,000 visitors. The museum had anticipated 100,000 to 150,000 patrons.
On view are lavish items from the workshops of Peter Carl Faberge, turn-of-the-century goldsmith and jeweler to the Russian royal court. Included are 15 imperial Easter eggs and about 400 other century-old objects.
These rare items are on loan from significant American collections, such as those amassed by Malcolm Forbes and Lillian Thomas Pratt.
Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for youths and students; free for museum members and ages 12 and younger. A $2 handling fee per ticket will be charged.
For tickets and other information, call (800) 311-EGGS. ILLUSTRATION: FILE PHOTO
The exhibit at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond has
drawn thousands. by CNB