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Collection
The Museum's collection comprises more than 200 paintings of the artist, exhibited on three floors of a classic townhouse in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
3rd floor gallery:
Himālaya — Abode of Snows
Sight, scent, and sound
Nicholas Roerich saw the Himalayas not merely as the highest of mountains but as HIMĀLAYA, the Abode of Snows — a source of beauty, inspiration, and spiritual aspiration.
In this upper floor gallery, the paintings are joined by music and by a subtle aromatic blend composed in part from Himalayan cedar, pine, and juniper gathered high in Himachal Pradesh, the Indian Himalayan region where Roerich made his home. Cedar and juniper have been carried as offerings through these mountains for centuries.
Let image, scent, and sound become your passage to the Abode of Snows — where Roerich saw heaven touch the earth and the human spirit rise toward the stars.
Scent created by RASAYAN », in collaboration with NYN » / @nyn_aroma.
This gallery is continuously scented with natural botanical oils. Visitors sensitive to fragrance may wish to limit their time in the space.
Ensemble Singing: Audition
If you are passionate about ensemble singing, have experience, possess good sight-reading skills, and want to enhance your ensemble singing abilities, come to an audition.
We are a small group of enthusiasts of ensemble singing under the direction of Nikolai Kachanov. Our free master classes take place two Tuesdays per month from 6:30 to 8:30, in the warm atmosphere of the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Our main focus is…
Biographical Facts
| 1874 | Born in St.Petersburg |
| 1893–1898 | Studied in the Imperial Art Academy |
| 1906–1916 | Director of the Drawing School of Imperial Society for Encouragement of Arts. Exhibited in major European cities |
| 1917–1919 | Karelia, Scandinavia, London |
| 1920–1923 | President Founder of the Master Institute & Roerich Museum in New York, exhibitions across the U.S.A. in more than 20 cities |
| 1923–1928 | Expedition to Central Asia: Sikkim, Kashmir, Ladakh, Chinese Turkestan, Altai, Mongolia, crossing Tibet from North to South |
| 1929–1947 | Settled in Naggar, Kullu Valley, India |
| 1934–1935 | Expedition in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia |
| 1935 | The Roerich Pact signed in the White House by twenty one countries |
| 1947 | Passed away in Naggar |
Archive
Photos
Below: Nicholas Roerich preparing for crossing the Gobi and Tibet from north (Ulaan-Bator) to south (Sikkim). Photo taken early April of 1927
Video clips
Below: Nicholas Roerich in Darjeeling, India, soon after his expedition in Central Asia. Photo taken in the Fall of 1928
Correspondence
Our archive holds tens of thousands of items of correspondence pertaining to Nicholas Roerich's artistic and other activities.
The Roerich Pact
A visionary and idealist, Roerich promoted peace and the protection of the world's cultural heritage, the unity of religions, and the notion that the creative people of the world bear the responsibility to save the world.
During the nineteen-twenties, he composed a treaty for protection of the historic monuments, museums, scientific, artistic, educational and cultural institutions in time of peace as well as in war.
Nowadays the Roerich Pact movement is especially popular in Latin America—check banderadelapaz.org and watch the video.
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Guestbook
JAMES WARD, UNITED STATES:
January, 2012
What a treasure the Roerich Museum is! A wonderfully immersive experience to be surrounded by his art and artifacts in such relaxed, inviting and densely adorned surroundings.