Museums in Moscow: Zoological Museum (prices and exposition)

There are different museums in Moscow.Zoological attracts a large number of visitors every day. It will appeal to adults and children of any age. It must be visited by every native inhabitant and tourist who came to admire the capital of Russia.

Nature lovers

Zoological Museum in Moscow will not leaveindifferent to those visitors who love nature. Initially, at the opening (1791), this institution was named "The Cabinet of Natural History". Then it belonged to the Moscow Imperial University.

Ordinary citizens had the opportunity to visitMuseum and see its expositions in 1866, i.e. 75 years after the creation. In 1902 a complex of buildings was erected (the project of architect KM Bykovsky), part of which became a museum. The buildings of the Institutes (Botanical and Zoological), which were also built in this quarter after many years, were transformed into the buildings of the Psychology Department of the Moscow State University.

Exterior of the building

It is easy to see that in the designthe monumental building of the Zoological Museum there are classical motifs, as decoration, the authors used volumetric images (bas-reliefs) on the walls. Attracted its appearance of all tourists Zoological Museum in Moscow. Photo institutions were used to design guidebooks and advertise the sights of the capital.

After the Sovietpower, the museum again changed its status, it was attached to the Moscow State University as one of the departments of the Faculty of Biology.

Finally, when radicaltransformation (restructuring), eventually leading to its disintegration, the museum also received the status of an independent institution - a research institute.

Expositions

Virtually all fauna representatives are reflected inexpositions of the museum. At one time there were skeletons of fossil animals, but once a reasonable decision was made that it is better to give them to the Paleontological Museum. Left only the remains of a mammoth. In the scientific and auxiliary fund of the museum, zoologists have created excellent conditions for working with stuffed animals, maintaining these exhibits in a normal state. Thanks to the efforts of the museum staff, the stuffed animals almost do not differ from living wild animals in the natural environment. Among such class attractions as museums in Moscow, Zoological has a special status. He is loved by children and their parents.

In the arrangement of the exhibits there is a stricta scientifically based system, i. they are all arranged, distributed according to the classes and orders that exist in the animal kingdom. In the Lower, Upper and Bone halls of the museum there are the following zoological collections:

• A class of invertebrates and arachnids, which, in particular, are represented by interesting collections of mollusks and inconsistent spiders, total - 1.5 million copies.
• Class of insects. Interesting are the delightful butterflies. In all - about 4 million copies.
• Class of amphibians and reptiles.
• Class fish, the collection of which has fewer specimens than the analogous one in the Academy of Sciences.
• Bird class, the number of the collection is in second place in the country.
• Class mammals.

Most exhibits are over 7 thousand.- focused on the showcases of the halls. In the museum's storehouses, there are a small number of copies that are used exclusively for rental purposes, for example, participate as characters in filming movies or are shown on mobile exhibitions. Zoological Museum in Moscow regularly replenishes its collections. So boring there does not happen.

Sightseeing tours

Museum visitors have a choice how tobetter familiarize yourself with the exhibits. Some of them, slowly, walk around and look at everything around, others decide that it is better to use the guide service. In the latter case, much more can be obtained interesting information. For some time now, visitors have been given the opportunity to capture what they have seen in the photo, although the lighting of the rooms does not greatly contribute to this. The Darwin Museum is no less fascinating tours that are conducted in an interactive form, in addition, you can admire the mummies of animals. With the rapid force of developing museums in Moscow.

Zoological offers many themedexcursions, most of which are designed for students. Information is not only interesting in itself. It can complement educational material, including the courses “Birds of the Forest, Taiga”, “Wildlife of Australia”, “Beasts of the Moscow Region”. Students of elementary grades listen with genuine interest to the stories of guides on the theme “Animals in Kipling's fairy tales”. Most of the children watched the cartoon "Mowgli" and read a book about this character.

The museum operates "Biolektori". The cognitive material will broaden the horizons of schoolchildren who study in depth biology. All schools try to encourage their students to visit museums in Moscow. Zoological teacher love biology and anatomy.

Going to museums is not only interestingspent time. It is better to see with your own eyes stuffed animals (it’s a pity that you can’t stroke it), hear fascinating stories from the mouth of a guide, than, for example, to look at pictures on monitors or TV screens many times.

Address of the Zoological Museum

According to statistics, every year the museum has timevisit over 200 thousand visitors. It is located at st. Bolshaya Nikitskaya, d. 6 (near the House-Museum of Lermontov and the House-Museum of Tsvetaeva). To do this, take the subway to the station "Library named after Lenin" or "Okhotny Ryad." After that, turn in the direction of Mokhovaya Street and go through just a quarter until Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street appears.

Be sure to visit this exhibition, once in Moscow. Address (Museum "Zoological") - st. Bolshaya Nikitskaya, d.6. Ticket price: 50-250 rubles.