Museums, Exhibitions

St. Petersburg Zoo, Leningrad Zoo Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg Zoological Park (the Zoo, for short; officially called Leningrad Zoological Park) is the first Russia's zoological park. It was founded in the historical centre of Saint Petersburg, in the Alexander Park area, in 1865. The location of the Zoo has become part of the history of the city. Though the buildings of the Zoo constructed be...

State Darwin Museum Russia · Moscow

There are very few Museums of Biology across the globe, which is why Russia's State Darwin Museum is so special. The founder and first Director of the Museum was Alexander Fedorovich Kots, Doctor of Biological Sciences and Professor. The concept and amazing birth of the State Darwin Museum commenced at the turn of the century with a private coll...

State Hermitage Museum Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The State Hermitage Museum occupies six impressive buildings situated along the embankment of the Neva River in the heart of St. Petersburg. The leading role in this unique architectural complex formed in 18th and 19th centuries belongs to the Winter Palace — the residence of Russian Tsars — built in 1754–1762 upon the project of F. B. Rastrelli. ...

State Historical Museum Russia · Moscow

Over more than 100 years of existence the State Historical Museum has met expectations of its founders and fans. The Museum collection numbers about 4.5 million items; the documents archives contain more than 12 million pages. The historical building of the Museum on Red Square was completely restored; the original appearance of the interiors...

State Museum of A. S. Pushkin Russia · Moscow

Founded as a part of the State Literary Museum and separated afterwards, the State Museum of Alexander Pushkin prepared its first exposition during a surprisingly short period, three and a half years, which was opened on 6 June, 1961. After the opening directly, the museum started to receive numerous presents related to Pushkin: portraits, books...

State Museum of Oriental Art Russia · Moscow

A mansion at 12 A Nikitsky Boulevard is an outstanding sample of the Russian classicism of the first quarter of the 19th century. It is called the Lunins' Mansion, because it was build for relatives of a famous Decembrist M. S. Lunin, according to a design by an Italian architect Domenico Gilardi. The State Museum of Oriental Arts that occupied ...

State Museum of the Defence of Moscow Russia · Moscow

The State Museum of the Defence of Moscow was founded in 1979. The Museum began as an exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow during the World War II. The Museum is open to the public from 1981. In 1994, the Museum's exhibition area was under renovation and a new exhibition was under creation. In 1995, a perman...

State Museum of the History of Religion Ukraine · Lviv

The Lviv Museum of the History of Religion (the Museum, for short) was opened in 1970. It possesses collections of unique materials and tells about the history of global and national religions as well as about activities of church organisations. The exhibitions of the Museum are housed by the building of the Dominican Monastery. The exhibitions ...

State Polytechnic Museum, KPI Museum Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

The State Polytechnic Museum (the Museum, for short) by the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute" (the NTUU "KPI", for short) was established by the order of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine No. 191 dated 29th June, 1995 in pursuant to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 360 dated 29th May, 1995 ...

State Polytechnical Museum Russia · Moscow

The State Polytechnical Museum (the Museum, for short) is the main Russian national museum of science and technology as well as the main Russian educational and cultural leisure centre. The idea of establishing the Museum took shape in the 1860s, which was a very significant time for Russia. This was the epoch when Tsar Alexander II performed hi...