Paleontological Museum named after Yu.A.Orlov of the Paleontological Institute of RAS (original) (raw)

Paleontological Museum named after Yu.A.Orlov of the Paleontological Institute of RAS

Phone: (495) 339-1500 (��.), 339-4544 (�� .)

Address: 117647, Moscow,

Working hours:*

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M416 - official web page
Paleontological Museum - W644, official web site paleo.ru/museum

E-Mail:

billboard, events and excursions

Description:

The Paleontological Museum of the Paleontological Institute is one of the largest specialized museum of paleontology. Its history goes back to the "Kunstkamer" founded by Peter the Great in 1716, to house his collection of mammalian bones and teeth from the Ice age together with some other material on natural history.

Modern museum building was build for Paleontological Museum by head of architect Yuri Platonov.

One of the interesting peculiarities of the Museum is the combination of the display of natural materials with artisticmonumental decoration, showing the evolution of life on the Earth.

The Paleontological Museum includes 6 halls and the expositions area is 4200 sq.m. The exhibits show the developmental history of organic world on the Earth.

Most of collections are unique, containing fossil fauna and flora of passed geologocal epochs from many regions of Russia, Mongolia, China and some other countries.

One of the most interesting exhibits was the so-called North Dvina Gallery, which showed a series of skeletons on the bank of the River Malaya Severnaya Dvina in Arkhangelsk Province at the beginning of the century

Museum's services:
museum shop, lecture hall, museum's caffe

Next to the museum there are:
restaurant(s) or caffes

for museum professionals

Foundation and opening day:
opened: 1937�.

Organisation status:
Ministry

Organization form:
non-for-profit

Organisation type:
culture for society

Classification:
Natural history

Squares:
permament show rooms 4805�2
temporary exhibitions 200�2
museum's store 798�2
museum's parks 6,36��

Employee number:
34 (curators: 9)

Average visitors per year:
120000

Specific departments:
science library, experts team, restoration dep.

Collections volume:
5481, rare collection's items: 5481

Web sites and CD-disks:
above