Peter the Great's Cabin

About museum

The wooden cabin of Peter I on the Petrograd Side is a witness to the earliest days of the city's existence. Peter paid special attention to the Original Palace, and in 1723 a stone gallery with a roof was built around the cabin. In 1822 the gallery openings were glazed, and in 1846 a more spacious stone casing with large windows was constructed. In 1889 the building was extended to the north and south. In the second half of the 19th century a small garden was laid out around the cabin, and on particularly significant occasions members of the imperial family planted oak trees using a special silver shovel. In 1871 Peter I's cabin was enclosed by a cast-iron fence with gilded details, and in 1874 the plot was enlarged and fenced with a cast-iron railing. In 1929 the chapel was abolished, and in 1930 a museum was opened in the cabin. It displays memorial items of Peter the Great: a uniform coat, a smoking pipe, a cane, a stingray-skin protective piece, a cast of Peter's hand with an impression, a vereyka boat, and a pearwood armchair.