URSS - Leningrad - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography


URSS - Leningrad - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography URSS - Leningrad - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography
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General Description The Kunstkamera was the first museum in Russia. Established by Peter the Great and completed in 1727, the Kunstkammer Building hosts the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, with a collection of almost 2,000,000 items. It is located on the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, facing the Winter Palace.
The Kunstkamera was established by Peter the Great on the Neva Riverfront. The turreted Petrine Baroque building of the Kunstkamera designed by Georg Johann Mattarnovy was completed by 1727. The foundation stone for the Kunstkammer was laid in 1719.
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