Features of the formation of a collection of models of the screw ships of the second half of the 19th century on the basis of the recreated Maritime Museum with the participation of Grand Duke Admiral General Konstantin Nikolaevich Romanov

Abstract

In this article, the author considers the issue related to the restoration of the collection of ship models of the Maritime Museum. He understood that within the framework of this article it is impossible to display all the processes of recreating the collection of models of ships of the second half of the 19th century, and did not set himself the task of describing the work of fleet managers and ship modelers. He set himself a more modest task: to describe the features of the formation of the collection. The author emphasizes that the models included in the collection were made at that time in the Model Chamber in St Petersburg and the Model Workshop of the St Petersburg port. Indicates that both precious wood species and simple and metal were used in their manufacture. The author emphasizes that the Grand Duke Admiral General Konstantin Nikolayevich took an active part in promoting museum exhibitions to the world level. Analyzing the content of the documents, the author concludes that the lost collection of models had to be replenished, and thus restore the missing event series in the history of the Russian Navy. And also that during the reconstruction of the Maritime Museum, objects which were received from different places, were attributed. The article also explains the peculiarities of the formation of the collection of the newly recreated Maritime Museum and the fact that the models made by the masters of the second half of the 19th century are unique today. The author recalls that the reopening of the newly recreated Maritime Museum took place on August 27, 1867, and Lieutenant Nikolai Mikhailovich Baranov was appointed its director on December 31, 1866.