Biology:Moscow Paleontological Museum

Short description: Paleontology museum in Moscow, Russia

Orlov Museum of Paleontology

Палеонтологический музей им. Ю. А. Орлова
Location within Moscow
Established	1937
Location	123 Profsoyuznaya street, Moscow, Russia (since 1987)
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] 55.6239°N 37.5139°E / 55.6239; 37.5139
Type	Paleontology
Website	[1]

The Orlov Museum of Paleontology (Russian: Палеонтологический музей им. Ю. А. Орлова) or Moscow Paleontological Museum is a museum in Moscow, Russia. It was founded by Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciencies in 1937 prior to the XVII session of the International Geological Congress. It is named after Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov (1893–1966).

History

The museum started out as a branch of the Zoological Museum of Moscow University. When founded in 1937, the museum occupied 700 sq. m. in a building on Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya Street.

In 1944 museum was reopened for the general public, but in 1954 it was closed again due to the shortage of display space. In 1965 the USSR Council of Ministers granted 2 million rubles for the construction of the new museum building. However, construction works started only in 1972. The renewed museum met the first visitors in 1987.

Architecture

The museum consists of six exhibition halls, which are introductory hall, Precambrian and early Paleozoic, temporary exhibitions, late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

References

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  Protoceratops exhibit
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  Titanophoneus exhibit
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  Raphus exhibit
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  Tarbosaurus exhibit

External links

• Official website
• Paleontological Museum
• Review on the present state of the museum