It was noted that in the Jackson, Mississippi exhibition that the rooms are recreations by Russian craftsmen. Yes, they are recreations. If you visit the same palaces in Russia, you will also see recreations. After WWII, almost all of the palaces around St.Petersburg (then Petrograd) were little more than ruined shells. The magnificent rooms that one walks through in the palaces of Peterhoff, Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk are all restored masterpieces. Edward Hoyenski [log in to unmask]