Alexey Miller's column

According to our good tradition, we celebrate the birthday of Peter Alexeevich Romanov, Russia's first emperor, with the opening of signature exhibitions that are associated with his name. Today, we present another project implemented jointly with the Kunstkamera: the comprehensive re-exhibition of the upper floors of the Tower of Knowledge. Peter I established the first museum in Russia not only as a place to showcase rarities, but also as a site to conduct scientific research. The Kunstkamera embodies the aspiration to knowledge, the thirst for discoveries and the desire to know how the world works that were inherent to Peter I and his era. The prime meridian of St. Petersburg was selected to be here. It is from this starting point that longitudes on all maps of the Russian Empire were measured. This place we are in is the starting point for exploring Russia. The renewed halls of the Kunstkamera will be open to the residents and guests of St. Petersburg starting from June 10.