It was originally the palace of Peter and nazyvavlsya Red chorus. Facility was built in 1703 by unknown builders, carpenters, material began to pine forest, decorated according to the type of Swedish wooden houses and painted under a brick. Peter House is not only the first residential building of St. Petersburg, but the only surviving structure from the days of a tree .. first protective gallery was built by the order of Peter I in 1723 on the project of Domenico Trezzini. Later, in 1844, she was replaced by a stone case. In the house are exhibited personal belongings of Peter I and the materials telling about the events of the Great Northern War and the founding of St. Petersburg. In 1875, in front of a bronze bust of Peter I, and the houses given the status of historical and memorial museum. During World War II the museum was closed, its doors and windows boarded up with sheets of plywood, boards and stitched for greater camouflage, painted over gray oil paint. For the preservation of museum attendants followed. Already in September 1944, the House was the first among all the museums of Leningrad was opened to visitors.
In the postwar years performed the restoration work. Conducted major overhaul “of the case”, the walls and ceilings the house delayed a new canvas. Also restored the fence around the museum.
In 1958, the “case” staged heating, allowing year-round to organize a visit to the museum. In 1971-1975 it made scientific restoration
museum exposition consists of two parts:. Of the house and the exhibition in the “case.” In the study, dining room and bedroom Lodge presents original things that belonged to Peter I, as well as household items beginning of the XVIII century, the materials about the events of the Great Northern War 1700-1721, the basis of St. Petersburg, as well as materials for the construction and restoration of the monument.