 That began with another charity auction, this time at Sotheby's, and fundraising banquets in several U.S. locations.At Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm she created the Sigvard and Marianne Bernadotte Research Laboratories for Pediatric Ophthalmology.In 1998, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine by that institute, and "Marianne Bernadotte Center", founded in 2013, is slated to move into new facilities there from its current location at St. Eriks Hospital in Stockholm.