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Orlov Paleontology Museum of Paleontology Institute
(Russian Academy of Sciences)
The Orlov paleantography museum is rightly considered one of the largest natural history museums in the world. The history of the museum, in part, is based on the foundation, in 1716, of Peter the First’s Kunstkammer, in which fragments of the skeletons of ancient animals were displayed.
The museum’s exhibition hall consists of over 5000 square meters. The rich and varied interior of the museum allows visitors tangible contact with the secrets of past eras. Monumental and graphic creations of Moscow’s best animal sculptors. In the six halls of the museum are presented more than 5000 exhibits, reflecting different stages of the organic development of our planet, from the ancient to the practically contemporary.
The exhibition starts in the entrance hall, which presents the subjects and problems of palaentology, its history, particular branches of scientific enquiry, and its place among other practical sciences.
The second hall is decidated to the paleozoic period, and acquaints visitors with the very first inhabitants of earth, and also with the enormous range of invertebrate animals and plants.
The small third hall enlightens visitors about the geological history of the Moscow region.
In the fourth hall are presented ancient invertebrates and fauna of the late Palezoic period and the beginning of the Mezozoic period.
The firth hall is dedicated to the Mezozoic period, and includes a unique collecion of dinosaurs and birds.
In the last, sixth hall the museum displays various mammals and the unique fauna of Kainozoic period.
Essential Information for Visitors
►Address and Contact Details
123, Profsoyuznaya ul.
Tel. (095) 283-18-37
www.paleo.ru/museum
fondy@paleo.msk.ru, inovik@paleo.ru
Nearest metro staton: Tyoply Stan
►Opening Hours
Open: 10:00-18:00
Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays
►Admission Prices
80R
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