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- Getting Here
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- Exhibitions
- Virtual 3D Tour
- Kunstkamera Mobile Guide
- History of the Kunstkamera
- The Kunstkamera: all knowledge of the world in one building
- Establishment of the Kunstkamera in 1714
- The Kunstkamera as part of the Academy of Sciences
- The Kunstkamera building
- First collections
- Peter the Great's trips to Europe
- Acquisition of collections in Europe: Frederik Ruysch, Albert Seba, Joseph-Guichard Duverney
- The Gottorp (Great Academic) globe
- Siberian expedition of Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt
- The Academic detachment of the second Kamchatka expedition (1733-1743)
- 1747 fire in the Kunstkamera
- Fr.-L. Jeallatscbitsch trip to China with a mission of the Academy of Sciences (1753-1756)
- Siberian collections
- Academy of Sciences' expeditions for geographical and economic exploration of Russia (1768-1774)
- Research in the Pacific
- James Cook's collections
- Early Japanese collections
- Russian circumnavigations of the world and collections of the Kunstkamera
- Kunstkamera superintendents
- Explore Collections Online
- Filming and Images Requests FAQs
Filming and Images Requests FAQs
How to get permission to publish or use images from the Museum's collections under Copyright?
We encourage you to browse our Collections Online, register, create albums, order images and we will contact you for further details.
Museum archive is available in Russian.
How to get permission for video and photo shooting in the museum?
To get permission for video and photo shooting in the museum please fax an inquiry containing the following information:
- The purpose of the scheduled video and photo shooting
- The title of the program, film, etc.
- The name, address and contact information of the applicant
- The region and the way of distribution of the material to be shot
- The necessity of scientific consultation while shooting or selecting the materials
- The shooting team members’ list
- The planned time of shooting
Please, give the fullest contact information. Our employee will contact you, to discuss the cooperation in detail.
Our contacts
Adress: Saint-Petersburg, Universitetskaya Embarkment, 3.
Mail adress: 199034, Saint-Petersburg, Universitetskaya Embankment, 3. Peter the Great Museum of Antropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera).
Tel.: +7 (812) 328-08-12
Fax: +7 (812) 328-08-11
E-mail: info@kunstkamera.ru