• The collection of anatomist Frederik Ruysch is located in the new exposition Peter’s Kunstkamera (1st floor, the Round Hall).
  • View of the Kunstkamera across the Neva. The Kunstkamera (Russian: Кунсткамера) or Kunstkammer (German for "Culture Room" (literally) or "Art Chamber"...
  • Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera) celebrated its 300 anniversary in 2014.
  • KunstKamera is now therefore a museum within a museum which should iron out any confusion for people looking for the KunstKamera museum – look for the...
  • The Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg was originally a collection of wonders, primarily in the field of human physiology and anatomy.
  • Established by Tsar Peter the Great as the first and oldest museum in Russia, the Kunstkamera Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography is one of the...
  • After its construction, the building of the Kunstkamera became the first stone public building in St. Petersburg and the second in Europe, built specifically for...
  • The museum's collection was kept for a long time in the Kremlin - the home of the tsars before the capital was moved to St. Petersburg.
  • The Kunstkamera in Saint Petersburg is more than a collection of malformed beings: It is a museum for anthropology and ethnology.
  • An armillary sphere, symbolizing a model of the solar system, is mounted on the roof of the Kunstkamera.