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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-228

Last update of repository: 18 March 2020

Letnii sad i dvorets-muzei Petra I—Filial Russkogo muzeia


Holdings

Total: ca. 26,000 units, early 18th c.–1990s
scientific-technical documentation—598 units (1941–1990s); negatives—ca. 6,000 (early 20th c.–1990s); photocopies of archival documents—5,000 units; prints and engravings—432 units (early 18th–20th cc.); photographs—ca. 15,000 (early 20th c.–1990s)

Archival materials in the museum are not held in a separate division, but rather are held as an administrative part of the Scientific Division.
        The Main Fond (Osnovnoi fond) of the Summer Palace-Museum and the Little House of Peter I contains engravings and lithographs by Nicholas Larmessin, Adriaan Schoonebeeck, Maurice Baquoi, A.F. Zubov, and other artists (18th–20th cc.) who depicted the times of Peter the Great.
        The Auxillary Fond (Nauchno-vspomogatel'nyi fond) of the Scientific Division holds manuscript works of museum specialists, as well as a collection of copies and extracts relating to the the museum from files in a number of state archives (18th–20th cc.; ca. 5,000 units). There are also photographs of the sculptures in the Summer Garden and the facades and interiors of the Summer Palace and the Little House of Peter I (20th c.).
        The Technical Documentation Fond contain estimates, diagrams and technical drawings, architectural measurements, and administrative documents issued by the State Inspectorate for the Preservation of Monuments (1941–1990).


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