Exhibition 'Peter I: The Birth of a Maritime Power'

About exhibition

In the interior spaces beloved by several generations, which have been reopened after restoration work, more than 100 authentic 17th–19th century exhibits from the museum-reserve's collection are displayed: maritime publications translated into Russian at Peter's request, such as Pol Gost's 'Theory of Shipbuilding, Containing Several Mathematical Treatises on New and Unusual Subjects', Abraham de Graaf's 'A Book Teaching Seafaring', a model of the galley 'Dvina', and pewter and copper vessels from Peter's time in a wide variety of forms and uses (cups, jugs, large serving bowls, frying pans). Visitors will tour the Tsar's Dining Room, Study and Bedchamber, peek into the orderly's room and examine the royal storeroom's supplies; in the entrance hall they will learn about the origins and development of navigation and shipbuilding in Russia, as well as about the construction and daily life of the little House itself, which contemporaries called the 'Sovereign's Chambers' or the 'Palace'.