On my latest trip to Saint Petersburg I visited the Kunstkamera (again), the first Russian museum established by Peter the Great in 1718 (the construction continued until 1734). Of course, me & my friends took some photos inside the Kunstkamera.

Kunstkamera (part of the building)

Bag made of a sea-dog

African drapery in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mail (chain armour) in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mask №1 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mask №2 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mask №3 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mask №4 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Mask №5 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Masks №1 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Masks №2 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Masks №3 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Masks №4 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Masks №5 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №1 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №2 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №3 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №4 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №5 in Kunstkamera

Ancient Statue №6 in Kunstkamera

Inside the Kunstkamera

At the exhibition’s entrance I found the statues of Cheburashka‘s and Leopold the Cat‘s (popular Russian fictional/cartoon characters) ‘ancestors’ – the guards of Kunstkamera. Evolution changed them indeed. Find 10 differences! 😉

Collages by @armeyskov, 2013. Photos by @armeyskov & friends, 2013.

The images of Cheburashka & Leopold the Cat belong to their corresponding owners.

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