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New addition to the collection of the State Darwin Museum - smuggled stuffed rare birds detained by Russian customs

New addition to the collection of the State Darwin Museum - smuggled stuffed rare birds detained by Russian customs

30 May 2024  The Central Postal Customs donated 6 stuffed birds and 2 stuffed seal heads to the Darwin Museum, which customs officers discovered in 2022 in international mail. Parcels containing goods prohibited for export were destined for private recipients in the United States.During an X ...

Re-exposition of the “Race and Rasogenesis” showcase

Re-exposition of the “Race and Rasogenesis” showcase

27 May 2024 On May 27, we completed the re-exposition of the “Race and Racial Genesis” showcase in the “Macroevolution” hall. The tablets and texts were updated, and a new exhibit appeared - a ritual mask of the Maasai tribe (Kenya). Thanks to the work of artist Sergei Peshekhonov, the showc ...

135 years ago, Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts, co-founder of the SDM and a world-famous scientist, was born

135 years ago, Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts, co-founder of the SDM and a world-famous scientist, was born

18 May 2024 Nadezhda Ladygina-Kohts was an outstanding world-famous scientist and the country's first female zoopsychologist. The book “The Chimpanzee Child and the Human Child” (1935), to which she devoted 16 years of her life, brought her worldwide fame and recognition. Nadezhda Nikol ...

Cooperation between museums: results of an exhibition from the State Darwin Museum collection in China

Cooperation between museums: results of an exhibition from the State Darwin Museum collection in China

24 April 2024 The Darwin Museum's exhibition "A Big Portrait for a Small Company" was held at the Anji Branch of the Zhejiang Natural History Museum in China from November 28, 2023 to March 1, 2024. The photo exhibition featured 60 works by photographer Pyotr Bogomazov, an employee of the ...

Re-exposition of the display case “Wetland complex of Losiny Island”

Re-exposition of the display case “Wetland complex of Losiny Island”

17 January 2024 The wetland complex of the Losiny Ostrov National Park is a unique faunal reserve within Moscow. The new display case shows 24 animal species and about a dozen plant species, picturing life in the swamp at the height of spring. Thanks to the professional work with the space by th ...

Gifts to the museum: drawings by M. D. Ezuchevsky and a screen made according to the artist’s sketch

Gifts to the museum: drawings by M. D. Ezuchevsky and a screen made according to the artist’s sketch

25 December 2023 The museum's collections have been replenished with new arrivals. Irina Anatolyevna Avsalomova, Associate Professor, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Honored Teacher of Moscow State University, donated a screen in the neo-Gothic style, created according to a sketch by the ...

The exhibition “Big Portrait for Small Company” from the collection of the State Darwin Museum opened in China

The exhibition “Big Portrait for Small Company” from the collection of the State Darwin Museum opened in China

11 December 2023 Thanks to close and already long-term cooperation with our colleagues from the People's Republic of China, on November 29, the opening of the exhibition “Big Portrait for Small Company” took place at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Anji Pavilion. The photo exhibition ...

“Image/s of the North in Russian and European art” Interdisciplinary scientific conference

“Image/s of the North in Russian and European art” Interdisciplinary scientific conference

1 December 2023 On November 30 - December 1, 2023, an interdisciplinary scientific conference “Image/s of the North in Russian and European art” was held, organized by the State Darwin Museum and the State Institute of Art History. The first day of the conference took place in the cinema hall of ...

Open meeting of the Commission for the Geography of Polar Countries of the Moscow Geographical Society was held to mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the expedition of the steamer "Chelyuskin"

Open meeting of the Commission for the Geography of Polar Countries of the Moscow Geographical Society was held to mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the expedition of the steamer "Chelyuskin"

12 October 2023 On October 12, 2023, in the cinema hall of the museum, as part of the “Voice of the North” project, an open meeting of the Commission for the Geography of Polar Countries of the International Geographical Society of the Russian Geographical Society was held, dedicated to the 90th ...

Exhibition “Dinosaurs Walking in Zhejiang” officially opened

Exhibition “Dinosaurs Walking in Zhejiang” officially opened

31 August 2023 On August 31, the exhibition “Dinosaurs Who Walked in Zhejiang” was inaugurated at the Darwin Museum. Thanks to photographs provided by the Zhejiang Natural History Museum, the exhibition shows what fossils and traces of ancient life have been discovered in China, what unexpected ...

Representatives of the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation visiting the Darwin Museum

Representatives of the Chinese Embassy in the Russian Federation visiting the Darwin Museum

17 August 2023 On August 17, a large delegation from the Chinese Embassy in Russia, led by the wife of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Mrs. Gao Yan, visited the Darwin Museum. The honorary guests also included Minister Plenipotentiary Chang Xiuhong, Envoy Counselor Liu Qinghua ...

Grand opening of the exhibition dedicated to the 160th anniversary of relations between the Republic of Peru and Russia.

Grand opening of the exhibition dedicated to the 160th anniversary of relations between the Republic of Peru and Russia.

3 August 2023 On August 3, the grand opening of the exhibition “Invariants of Evolution. Peru-Russia". The protagonist of the exhibition is Evgeny Yakovlev (1896-1934), a Russian scientist who left a bright mark on the archeology of Peru. In his fate, the stories of two countries were intertwi ...

New arrival - plaster cast of a tiger footprint

New arrival - plaster cast of a tiger footprint

17 July 2023 The collection of casts and plaster casts of the museum has been replenished with a new exhibit - a cast of the footprint of an Amur tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) from the collection of Alexei Vladimirovich Yablokov (October 3, 1933 - January 10, 2017) - Soviet and Russian biolo ...

New addition to the collection. Powder flask from Afghanistan

New addition to the collection. Powder flask from Afghanistan

13 July 2023 The collection of hunting gear in our museum has been replenished with a valuable and interesting acquisition. One of the employees presented a wooden powder flask from the late 19th century from Afghanistan to the funds. Similar powder flasks were used by local residents to load ...

Employees of the Darwin Museum attended a gala reception in honor of International Children's Day

Employees of the Darwin Museum attended a gala reception in honor of International Children's Day

2 June 2023 On June 2, a reception was held at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Russian Federation in honor of International Children's Day. Children of different ages from the Russian and Chinese sides, their parents, as well as employees of the State Darwin Mu ...

The museum opened the exhibition “Sacred Abstraction” by artist Anze Gritzmane (Latvia)

The museum opened the exhibition “Sacred Abstraction” by artist Anze Gritzmane (Latvia)

1 June 2023 On June 1, the museum opened an exhibition of paintings by Anze Gritsmane “Sacred Abstraction”. The exhibition was organized jointly with the European Cultural Club. Thanks to this partnership, the Darwin Museum has already hosted the exhibition “Andy Warhol. Endangered Species", ...

Cooperation between the Darwin Museum and the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow continues. Museum staff attended the gala event “The Great Tea Road - Dialogue of Civilizations”

Cooperation between the Darwin Museum and the Chinese Cultural Center in Moscow continues. Museum staff attended the gala event “The Great Tea Road - Dialogue of Civilizations”

24 May 2023 On May 24, the solemn event “The Great Tea Road – Dialogue of Civilizations” took place at the Chinese Cultural Center. Employees of the Darwin Museum Alexandra Selezneva and Marina Galich took part in this significant event dedicated to the culture of Yunnan province, as well as ...

New in the collection – stuffed Spotted tanager

New in the collection – stuffed Spotted tanager

16 May 2023 The thrush tanager or spotted tanager (Ixothraupis punctata Linnaeus, 1766) is a member of the genus tanager, found exclusively in South America. Representatives of this species are found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Their natu ...

New arrival – walrus skull

New arrival – walrus skull

2 May 2023 The osteological collection of the museum has been replenished with a new exhibit. Arkady Anatolyevich Kibalchich donated to the museum the skull of an adult male walrus, which he himself caught in 1985 in Chukotka. Arkady Anatolyevich is a famous zoologist, a former employee of ...

The Darwin Museum's "Dad Can Do" Exhibition Is Successfully Exhibited in China

The Darwin Museum's "Dad Can Do" Exhibition Is Successfully Exhibited in China

14 April 2023 Thanks to cooperation with our colleagues from the People's Republic of China, the exhibition “Dad Can Do” opened at the Zhejiang Natural History Museum on March 28! The exhibition talks about the role of males in caring for and raising young. Indeed, in the animal world, ma ...