St. Petersburg - one of the most famous citiesRussia. It was founded in 1703 by Peter I. Modern St. Petersburg is a city with many attractions. Among them there are those who are known not only in the country, but also far beyond its borders. What does St. Petersburg associate for many today? The Zoological Museum, whose website is located at s-pb.in / museums / zoologicheskii, contains all the necessary information on current exhibitions and the cost of excursions, as well as a map and a telephone number where you can specify information, is considered a favorite place of visitors and residents of the cultural capital Cities. What is so remarkable about this place? About this - further in the article.
Where is the Zoological Museum?
Address:St. Petersburg, University Embankment, 1. The facility is located in the center, near Vasilyevsky Island. You can get to the museum by metro station. "Vasileostrovskaya" (corresponds to the 6-7th line of the Big Neva), then along the University Embankment in the direction of the arrow. It is also possible through the relatively young metro station "Admiralteyskaya". In sunny weather, you can walk along Nevsky Prospect from Gostiny Dvor. On the left side of the Nevsky Road, you will go straight to the Chocolate Museum (various types of this delicacy are sold there). Not reaching the palace square, you will see St. Isaac's Cathedral directly opposite. Near the cathedral you can take a photo with a Przhevalsky camel. Passing the Palace Bridge, you will be taken to the University Embankment.
General information
On the street in front of the entrance to the Zoological Museum(St. Petersburg) is a small cashier. At the height of the tourist season, it is especially crowded. It is rather difficult to get through to it. Ticket price: for children, students and pensioners - 70 rubles, for adults - 200 rubles. Zoological Museum (St. Petersburg) is one of the few places where photography of unique exhibits is allowed.
Description
At the entrance of the guests meets the controller and a largemonument to academician Karl Maksimovich Bar. He is one of the famous Russian scientists. And in the recent past he headed this institution. The Zoological Museum (St. Petersburg), whose photo is presented in the article, is a repository of unique exhibits. On the first floor are the expositions of almost all groups of animals. Here are individuals from the smallest to the largest. You do not have enough time or energy to view all the expositions completely in one visit. Zoological Museum (St. Petersburg) allows you to get acquainted with the history of the development of living organisms in Russia. Here you can see the exhibits that exist in a single copy. Start, of course, better with those that are most interesting.
Halls
At the entrance to the central part of the museum you will seebeautiful exhibit blue whale, which is very popular with visitors. He really admires with its size. Near the whale there are skeletons of mammals smaller in size. In the first hall of the museum there is a staircase to the second floor. There is an exposition with a lot of insects. On the second floor you can see live animals. The entrance, of course, paid. For an adult, a ticket will cost one hundred, and a reduced price and a child’s ticket will cost 50 rubles. In the halls of the second floor and temporary exposure. For example, you can see the "Animal Exhibition" by Anastasia Sokolova. There are also photos that are given in the online section "Photos" on the institution's web page.
History of occurrence
Зоологический музей (Санкт-Петербург) был открыт in 1838. The development of the institution began with the Kunstkamera. In 1896, the museum was located in a warehouse building. There in 1901 opened the exhibition hall. From 1930-1931 the building created the Zoological Institute. Architect structures Lukini. All exhibits presented in the halls are updated and arranged in accordance with the zoological hierarchy. Here you can see almost all groups of the animal world of the planet, ranging from invertebrates, ending with amphibians and reptiles. There is a large collection of mammals and birds. The museum has as many as almost 40,000 exhibits.
The most interesting exhibits of the museum
- The huge effigy of the anaconda, which was acquired from A. Seby (naturalist) in 1716.
- The largest skeleton of a blue whale (its length is 27 m).
- "Sea feather" it was mined from the station "North Pole-6".
- Scarecrow "Steller's cow". I must say that this animal has disappeared very recently.
And the whole world knows the collection of mammoth fauna,which belongs to the museum. This exposition includes a scarecrow from the Berezovsky mammoth, which was found in the Berezovka River. Here you can see the mummy of a baby mammoth, male, female. Exhibits of a woolly rhinoceros perfectly preserved in the permafrost of the skeleton, limbs and other body parts are presented. The exhibition also used dioramas. In them, animals are represented in their natural habitat. These exhibition complexes are considered a model of painting and original techniques of sculptural taxidermy.
