The Moscow Archaeological Museum (the Museum, for short) was opened in 1997. It is situated in the city centre, in a pavilion, 7 metres (23 feet) underground, directly at the spot of the large-scale archaeological research performed in Manezhnaya Square in 1993 to 1997. The exposition of the Museum is based on the piers of the 16th — 17th century Voskresensky Bridge discovered during the excavation; in the past, the bridge used to connect the two banks of the Neglinnaya River.
The excavation (as preservation works) was organized by the Moscow Centre for Archaeological Research (the Centre, for short). In occupation layers (6–8 metres (19–26 feet) deep) toys, stove tiles, copper and silver coins, arms, and various household objects were discovered. The archaeologists managed to lay bare foundations of the stone buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries and to discover cobbled and wooden streets, well chambers, and other structures. This allowed reconstructing designs and buildings of the ancient Zaneglimeniye, a district on the right bank of the Neglinnaya River; to discover traces of the handicraft industry; to reconstruct the life of the people who inhabited this district of Medieval Moscow.
Coordinated efforts of archaeologists of the Centre, of architects-restorers of the workshop no. 11 of the Mosproekt-2 Institute, and of employees of the Moscow City Museum led to establishment of the first Russian underground archaeological museum at the spot of the preserved piers of the Voskresensky Bridge.
The Voskresensky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River is one of the largest structures discovered by the archaeologists. Originally, there was a wooden ferry there; it used to start the Tverskaya Road leading to the Russian North-West.
During the reign of Boris Godunov, a stone bridge across the Neglinnaya River was erected; it was the first stone bridge in Moscow. A depiction of the bridge on the 17th century Moscow maps is still preserved. In 1740, instead of the dilapidated bridge a white-stone bridge was built by the architect P. Geiden. The bridge, above 100 metres (328 feet) long and around 30 metres (100 feet) wide, had five arches; however, only one of them was a flow-through arch — the rightmost one, looking at the bridge from the gallery of the Museum. The good state of the structure is explained by the fact that in 1817–1819, when Moscow was being rebuilt after a fire, the Neglinnaya River was confined to an underground tunnel and the Voskresensky Bridge was buried. The exposition of the Museum features a model of the early 19th century Voskresensky Bridge.
The Timiryazev State Museum of Biology was founded in 1922 by B. M. Zavadovsky. The idea to establish this museum, unique in its subject matter, originated from within the walls of the Shanyavsky (People's) University (which existed from 1908 to 1919) where Zavadovsky completed his internship in N. K. Koltsov's laboratory of experimental biology.
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Vernadsky State Geological Museum is the oldest Russian scientific, educational and cultural centre dedicated to Earth sciences. The Museum is situated in the centre of Moscow, in a historical building designed by architect Roman Klein and constructed in 1918.
The Museum originated from the Mineralogical Office of the Imperial Moscow University,...
This is one of the most famous out of 500 mineralogical museums in the world. Its main collections include more than 135,000 items from all over the globe. Natural crystals and other kinds of minerals, articles made of stones by old and modern masters, gemstones, meteorites, and many other items.
It was founded as a mineral cabinet of the Kunstk...
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