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The history of the collections of the Zoological Museum dates back to the history of the first Russian museum - the Kunstkamera, founded in 1714. From Moscow, the natural historical collections that Peter I purchased during his trip to Holland in 1698, which were kept under the Aptekarsky order, were transported.

The collection of different types of animals, represented in the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has about 30,000 exhibits and is one of the three largest in the world.

In the future, the exposition was replenished with interesting materials in the systematic section, as well as numerous new biogroups and dioramas . a number of biogroups have been created in which the marine fauna is reflected . Materials for these showcases were supplied by numerous expeditions to the most diverse corners of the globe, in which the staff of the Zoological Institute took part. . This ne The Zoological Institute was included not only in the study of the fauna of the Palearctic but also in the study of the tropical fauna and fauna of Antarctica . The collection of various types of animals, presented at the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has expanded and recently been updated with the Mammoth and Mammoth fauna collection .

, has about 30 000 exhibits and is one of the three largest in the world . The greatest interest for visitors is represented by expositions of corals and mollusks in the section "Invertebrates of animals", a unique collection of tropical birds, a collection of su mammals, the collections of vertebrates of Central Asia collected by . M . Przhevalsky and P . K . Kozlov, and of course, the exposition of the "mammoth" hall, with the famous stuffed Berezovsky mammoth, the skeleton of the southern elephant and mummies mammoths, the absolute age of which is determined at about 40 000 years . The well-executed biogroups of the II and III museum halls are also very popular .

Zoological Museum

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Opening Hours: 11: 00-18 : 00; day off - Friday.

The museum works without days off on the days of autumn, winter and spring school holidays. After the vacations, additional days off are appointed.

Address: St. Petersburg, nab. Universitetskaya, 1; tel .: +7 (812) 328-01-12.