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The Peter the Great Central Naval Museum (TsVMM) is one of the oldest museums in Russia and one of the largest maritime museums in the world, located in St. Petersburg. It is a maritime historical and cultural heritage site.
The museum traces its roots to the St. Petersburg Model Chamber, a repository of shipbuilding models and drawings first mentioned in a letter from Peter I the Great on January 13 (24), 1709.
The TsVMM's current collection contains over 700,000 items, including over 2,000 ship models. The museum has six branches: on the cruiser Aurora, the D-2 Narodovolets submarine, and the Kronstadt Fortress in St. Petersburg; "Road of Life" (Ladoga Lake settlement, Leningrad Region), Baltic Fleet Museum (Baltiysk), Ship of Military Glory "Mikhail Kutuzov" (Novorossiysk), Black Sea Fleet Museum (Sevastopol).
The museum traces its roots to the St. Petersburg Model Chamber, a repository of shipbuilding models and drawings first mentioned in a letter from Peter I the Great on January 13 (24), 1709.
The TsVMM's current collection contains over 700,000 items, including over 2,000 ship models. The museum has six branches: on the cruiser Aurora, the D-2 Narodovolets submarine, and the Kronstadt Fortress in St. Petersburg; "Road of Life" (Ladoga Lake settlement, Leningrad Region), Baltic Fleet Museum (Baltiysk), Ship of Military Glory "Mikhail Kutuzov" (Novorossiysk), Black Sea Fleet Museum (Sevastopol).
Peter I Alekseevich (Peter the Great, May 30 [June 9] 1672, Moscow – January 28 [February 8] 1725, Saint Petersburg) – Tsar of All Rus' from 1682, the first Emperor of All Russia from 1721.
The photo shows the only surviving painting by Pyotr Alekseevich painted during his lifetime.
Work chair
Coveralls
The photo shows the only surviving painting by Pyotr Alekseevich painted during his lifetime.
Work chair
Coveralls
Model Chamber
In 1709, by order of Peter the Great, a model chamber (NL model-kammer—model room, sample storeroom) was established in the Admiralty, where ship plans and models were stored. According to the "Regulations on the Management of the Admiralty and Shipyard" of 1722, the model chamber housed models of all ships built there: "When construction of a ship begins, the master who is building it must order a half-model to be made on a board, and this, together with the plans for the ship's launch, must be submitted to the Admiralty Board." In 1805, the model chamber was transformed into the Maritime Museum (since 1908, named after Peter the Great), which existed there until 1939.
In 1709, by order of Peter the Great, a model chamber (NL model-kammer—model room, sample storeroom) was established in the Admiralty, where ship plans and models were stored. According to the "Regulations on the Management of the Admiralty and Shipyard" of 1722, the model chamber housed models of all ships built there: "When construction of a ship begins, the master who is building it must order a half-model to be made on a board, and this, together with the plans for the ship's launch, must be submitted to the Admiralty Board." In 1805, the model chamber was transformed into the Maritime Museum (since 1908, named after Peter the Great), which existed there until 1939.
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Looks like a fantastic collection. Those dockyard models are very unusual.
Looks like a fantastic collection. Those dockyard models are very unusual.
Those are great photos, a nice bit of history.
Jan
Jan
Kurt Konrath
Kurt Konrath
I love the open interior half models, shows what a ship really looked like inside, that most people never new or understood, as all you see in moves are the deck, Captain's cabin and a few other select compartments below deck.