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Kunstkamera (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)

LC control no.n 81003241
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Corporate name headingKunstkamera (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)
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Variant(s)Кунсткамера (Императорская академія наукъ)
Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. Kunstkamera
Kunstkamera pri Akademii nauk (Russia)
Kabinet redkosteĭ pri Akademii nauk (Russia)
Cabinet des curiosités et d'histoire naturelle (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
Cabinet of curiosities (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ (Russia). Kunstkamera
Sanktpeterburgskai︠a︡ Imperatorskai︠a︡ Kunst-kamera
Kabinet ri︠e︡dkosteĭ i istorīi naturalʹnoĭ (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)
Kabinet redkosteĭ i istorii naturalʹnoĭ (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk (Russia). Kabinet redkosteĭ i istorii naturalʹnoĭ
Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ (Russia). Kabinet ri︠e︡dkosteĭ i istorīi naturalʹnoĭ
Russia. Kunstkamera
Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ (Russia). Sanktpeterburgskai︠a︡ Imperatorskai︠a︡ Kunst-kamera
Kabinet ri︠e︡dkosteĭ pri Akademīi naukʺ (Russia)
Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ (Russia). Imperatorskai︠a︡ Kunst-kamera
Kabinet Petra Velikago (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)
Kabinet Petra Velikogo (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
Kunst-kamera (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk)
Imperatorskai︠a︡ Kunst-kamera (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)
See alsoMuzeĭ po antropologīi i ėtnografīi (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ naukʺ)
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Beginning date1714
Ending date1836
LocatedSaint Petersburg (Russia)
Special noteDo not confuse the name of this Kunstkamera with the Muzeĭ antropologii i ėtnografii im. Petra Velikogo (Kunstkamera), which was renamed ca. 1992
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Found inBacmeister, J. V. Opyt o Biblioteki︠e︡ ... 1779.
LC data base, 11-07-94 (hdg.: Kunstkamera (Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademīi︠a︡ nauk))
Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd: v. 14, p. 9 (Кунсткамера = Kunstkamera; founded in 1714 by Peter I; opened in 1719 in Sanktpeterburg; in 1724 became part of Imperatorskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk and nucleus for complex of museums such as Mineralʹnyĭ kabinet; Ėtnograficheskiĭ muzeĭ; Zoologicheskiĭ muzeĭ, etc. In 1836 remaining collections were given to Muzeĭ antropologii i ėtnografii)
Bacmeister, J. V. Opyt o Biblīoteki︠e︡ i Kabineti︠e︡ ri︠e︡dkosteĭ i istorīi naturalʹnoĭ Sanktpeter. Imp. akad. nauk, 1779: t.p. (Kabineti︠e︡ ri︠e︡dkosteĭ i istorīi naturalʹnoĭ Sanktpeterburgskoĭ Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk)
Beli︠a︡ev, O. P. Kabinet Petra Velikago, 1793: t.p. (Kabinet Petra Velikago ... nyne v Sanktpeterburgskoĭ Imperatorskoĭ Kunst-kameri︠e︡)
Russian Brockhaus: v. 17, p. 30 (Kunstkamera; established by Peter the Great from collections he brought back from his European trips in 1698 and 1716. The collection, first housed in Moscow, was transferred to Saint Petersburg in 1714 where it was placed in the Li︠e︡tnīiĭ Dvoret︠s︡. In 1722 a special building was erected to house the collections. When the Imp. akademīi︠a︡ nauk was established the Kunstkamera and its library were placed under its auspices. During the 19th century many of the Kunstkamera's collections were distributed to various museums of the Imp. akademīi︠a︡ nauk. For many years the Kabinet Petra Velikago, which consisted of Peter the Great's personal possessions, clothes, weapons, furniture, etc. were left uncataloged . Finally in 1837 the collection was put in order, and in 1848 the ship models of the Kabinet Petra Velikago were transferred to the Admiralteĭstvo and its books were transferred to the Gidrogeograficheskoe depo. In 1851 other objects from the Kabinet were transferred to a special department of the Imp. Ėrmitazh)
Nauka v Rossii, 1920: p. 3 (Muzeĭ antropologii i ėtnografii imeni Imperatora Petra Velikogo founded in 1837 on basis of the Kunstkamera)
Not found inSbornik Muzei︠a︡ antropologii i ėtnografii, v. 1, pt. 7 (1904)-v. 1, pt. 14 (1913): t.p. (... Muzei︠a︡ po antropologīi i ėtnografīi pri Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk; Musée d'anthropologie et d'ethnographie de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg); Vesʹ Petrograd na 1917: col. 1106 (Muzeĭ antropologii i ėtnografii im. Imp. Petra Velikago; located in the Imp. akad. nauk)