Cabinet of Curiosities is the first Russian museum, established on the basis of personal collections of Emperor Peter I. There are anatomical and biological rarity, art, rare books, archaeological finds among the exhibits.
Kunstkammer, build from 1718 to 1734, is one of the few well-preserved monuments of architecture of the first quarter of XVIII century.
Nowadays, in the halls of the museum, in addition to anthropological and ethnographic collections are exhibited items that were in the Kunstkammer were in the time of Peter the Great. In the premises of the tower is a museumof Mikhail Lomonosov. The famous Gottorp Globe, renovated after a fire in 1747, is an exhibit of this museam.
An envelope with the commemorative stamp depicts the emblem of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnographynamed after Peter the Great (Kunstkammer), and an armillary sphere on the museum building.
| Denomination |
Printing company |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Glue layer |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
Ryazh Printing Factory of Goznak (RPFG) |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
glue |
1000000 |