Exhibits of the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg
The Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg was opened in 1714 by decree of Peter I. This is the first public museum in Russia and one of the oldest ethnographic museums in the world.
Video: Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg
Since 1993, the exhibition of M.V. has been a division of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Lomonosov, which occupies the tower and Circular Hall of the Kunstkamera building in St. Petersburg. The exhibition is displayed in three halls. Among the exhibits are genuine personal belongings of Lomonosov, his scientific works and literary works, various scientific instruments and mechanisms, instruments for astronomical observations (exhibition "The First Astronomical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences"), geographical maps, samples of colored smalts, thanks to which Lomonosov managed to restore the lost mosaic art.
Great Gottorop Globe
The Great Gottorop Globe, restored to replace the globe that burned in 1747, presented to Peter the Great by the Holstein Duke Karl-Friedrich, is also on display here. The diameter of the globe is 3 m 10 cm, inside there is a round table and a bench that can accommodate 12 people. The Gottorop Globe was restored in the 18th century, thanks to the efforts of modern restorers and researchers. This is one of the very first planetariums in the world.
The outside of the globe is a physical map of the world, and while inside, you can see a map of the starry sky. With the help of a special mechanism, the globe rotates and, thereby, demonstrates the movement of the celestial sphere.
Exhibits of the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg
Antique anatomical models and pediatric medical pathologies. 18th-19th century.
I warn you - there are a lot of pictures in the post with babies preserved in alcohol, do not look at the faint of heart!
Exhibits from the Mütter Museum of Medical History and exhibitions of antique medical curiosities from European museums at the University of Alabama.
Such exhibits have been made since the 17th century, some anatomical wax sculptures - like living ones, with real hair and eyelashes, I showed them in previous posts.
Models
Wax models with human hair in rosewood and Venetian glass cases; Workshop of Clemente Susini of Florence, 1781-1786
The Josephinum: Vienna, Austria
Wax model in rosewood and Venetian glass cases; Workshop of Clemente Susini of Florence, 1781-1786
he Mütter Museum: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wax model of head and thorax; Vasseur & Tramond; 19th Century
Persons
The Mütter Museum: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pathological model; 19th Cent
Skeletons
Museum of Anatomical Waxes “Luigi Cattezneo” (Museo Delle Cere Anatomiche “Luigi Cattaneo”): Bologna, Italy preparation; Cesare Taruffi, circa 1850
Mütter Museum of Medical History
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Mutter Museum of Medical History is a display of medical pathologies, antique medical equipment, and biological artifacts located at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, opened by Benjamin Franklin.
In 1750, the board of trustees purchased the building built for the evangelical meeting house for the university, and classes began there in 1751. At Franklin's suggestion, the college adopted the motto "Laws without morals are useless" (Leges sine Moribus vanae).
One of the main exhibits of the Mütter Museum is Gary Eastlack, a man who during his lifetime suffered from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) - a disease in which extra bones form at the site of a bruise or wound.
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Before he died at the age of over forty, Eastlack donated his skeleton to the museum.
