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Karl Ernst von Baer – architect of craniological collection of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (on the history of Russian anthropological collection development)

Hartanovich V., Hartanovich M.

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropolgy and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg

Khartanovich Valeri: ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5533-0686; e-mail: vkhartan@mail.ru; Hartanovich M.: e-mail: markhan@kunstkamera.ru

Abstract

The initial stages and principles of craniological holdings foundation in the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography are reviewed. Academician Karl Ernst von Baer’s contribution to the development of anthropological museum and research collection: its structure and completion is emphasized.

Keywords

Kunstkamera, Academy of sciences, history of anthropology, craniological collections, anthropological photography, Karl Baer

Цит.: Hartanovich V., Hartanovich M. Karl Ernst von Baer – architect of craniological collection of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (on the history of Russian anthropological collection development) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2016; 1/2016; с. 116-122