A historical museum cannot re-create real life, but it can answer the question "what life was like at that time". This is precisely t objective of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg opened in 2003 at the Commandant's House the Peter and Paul Fortress complex. Included in the exhibition a authentic objects drawn from the museum's own unique collection many of which had never before been shown to the public. The exhibition is devoted to the numerous aspects of the culture о St. Petersburg and the city's daily life during the mid-19th an early 20'" centuries.
A historical museum cannot re-create real life, but it can answer the question "what life was like at that time". This is precisely t objective of the permanent exhibition at the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg opened in 2003 at the Commandant's House the Peter and Paul Fortress complex. Included in the exhibition a authentic objects drawn from the museum's own unique collection many of which had never before been shown to the public. The exhibition is devoted to the numerous aspects of the culture o St. Petersburg and the city's daily life during the mid-19th an early 20'" centuries.
