Events in the museum


Science Festival at the Darwin Museum

Science Festival at the Darwin Museum

13 October 2025 On October 11, the Darwin Museum participated in the International Festival NAUKA 0+, the most significant science popularization project in Russia and a key event of the Decade of Science and Technology. This year marks the Festival's 20th anniversary, and the Darwin Museum ...

The Darwin Museum celebrated Panda Day

The Darwin Museum celebrated Panda Day

20 September 2025 On September 20, the Darwin Museum celebrated Panda Day as part of the "Adorable Giant Panda" exhibition. A truly Chinese atmosphere awaited all visitors. To learn more about the giant panda, its behavior, and its lifestyle, museum staff offered a short QUEST, "Discover Your Pand ...

A.I. Klukina. The History of the Darwin Museum in Photographs

A.I. Klukina. The History of the Darwin Museum in Photographs

8 September 2025 The Darwin Museum was founded in 1907. In October 2025, the museum will celebrate its 118th anniversary. This album features 118 photographs from the collections of the State Darwin Museum, chronicling the museum's history from its founding to the present. The book introduces the ...

An open screening of the "Unexplored World. The Caves of Muna" film

An open screening of the "Unexplored World. The Caves of Muna" film

21 August 2025 On the exciting Thursday, August 21, the museum hosted an open screening of the film "Unexplored World. The Caves of Muna". In January 2025 a group of researchers visited Muna Island, located off the coast of Sulawesi, surrounded by the Buton Archipelago, in and filmed a document ...

The State Darwin Museum hosted the grand opening of the exhibition "The Adorable Giant Panda"

The State Darwin Museum hosted the grand opening of the exhibition "The Adorable Giant Panda"

30 July 2025 On July 30, the State Darwin Museum hosted the grand opening of the exhibition "The Adorable Giant Panda" as part of the Cross Year of Culture between Russia and China. The acting director of the State Darwin Museum Tatyana Kubasova addressed the guests with a welcoming speech, ...

"Ecologist's Day-2025"

"Ecologist's Day-2025"

9 June 2025 Festive events dedicated to the Ecologist's Day and the 10th anniversary of the museum's mini-paleopark were held in the museum on Saturday, June 7th. Adults and children enjoyed participating in the thematic events of the holiday. The demonstration lesson "Inhabitants of Reservo ...

International Festival InterMuseum-2025

International Festival InterMuseum-2025

25 May 2025 International Festival "InterMuseum" was held from 21 to 24 May 2025, in Moscow with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Government of the City of Moscow. The theme of this year's Festival was " Museum – A Heritage Laboratory", where muse ...

The All-Russian event "Night at the Museum" was successfully held at the Darwin Museum

The All-Russian event "Night at the Museum" was successfully held at the Darwin Museum

17 May 2025 On May 17th, 2025, the Darwin Museum held its annual event "Night at the Museum". More than 4,000 guests came to visit us. Among the "night owls" were many families with children who took part in an extensive family program. At the exhibition "Dark continent or a Journey across C ...

Legendary Long-Lived Giraffe Samson Decorates the Exhibition at the Darwin Museum

Legendary Long-Lived Giraffe Samson Decorates the Exhibition at the Darwin Museum

24 December 2024 As the New Year 2025 approaches, visitors to the Darwin Museum will have the opportunity to see the legendary resident of the Moscow Zoo and a beloved figure among Muscovites, giraffe Samson. Standing at an impressive height of 5 meters, he holds the title of the tallest giraffe ...

Opening of the Exhibition "Darrell's Journey to Russia"

Opening of the Exhibition "Darrell's Journey to Russia"

13 December 2024 On December 12, the museum opened the exhibition "Darrell's Journey to Russia" in honor of the 100th anniversary of the renowned naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. The exhibition tells the story of some key points along the famous naturalist's route and the animals t ...

Darwin Museum among top five popular places in the capital

Darwin Museum among top five popular places in the capital

21 November 2024 In October 2024, users on average 27% more often than in the same period last year built routes to cultural sites in the capital. "In October 2024, users built just over 2 million routes to Moscow leisure organizations - this is 30% more than in the same period last year," the pr ...

Science Festival at the Darwin Museum 2024: "Science Around Us"

Science Festival at the Darwin Museum 2024: "Science Around Us"

12 October 2024 Science plays a crucial role in modern society. We can no longer imagine the world without neural networks, biotechnologies, and robots. All discoveries, technological inventions, and breakthrough technologies are based on scientific knowledge. Since 2007, the Darwin Museum has b ...

Press Preview "Gifts to the Museum" for the 117th Anniversary of the Darwin Museum

Press Preview "Gifts to the Museum" for the 117th Anniversary of the Darwin Museum

25 September 2024   On September 25, a press preview was held at the Darwin Museum to celebrate its 117th anniversary. We invited representatives of the media to learn about the museum's treasures and to take a rare glimpse into the museum's storage areas. The preview began with a ceremo ...

The Darwin Museum celebrated the 10th anniversary of the centre “Discover Yourself – Discover the World”

The Darwin Museum celebrated the 10th anniversary of the centre “Discover Yourself – Discover the World”

24 August 2024 On August 24, the museum celebrated 10 years since the opening of the interactive educational center "Discover Yourself – Discover the World", the symbol of which is the chameleon Charlie. During this time, the Center has been visited by almost a million people! In honor of the h ...

Signing of a cooperation agreement with the National Wetland Museum of China

Signing of a cooperation agreement with the National Wetland Museum of China

20 August 2024 On August 20, in Hangzhou (PRC), a cooperation agreement was signed between the State Darwin Museum and the National Wetland Museum of China (Xixi Research Institute). Negotiations were held during which the main prospects for cooperation were outlined. Head of the scientific and ...

New video exhibition "The Sixth Extinction"

New video exhibition "The Sixth Extinction"

23 July 2024 Summer is always filled with a lot of impressions. And the Darwin Museum continues to delight its visitors. Now, tired of wandering through the numerous halls of the museum, you can allow yourself a little rest, settling down on comfortable poufs at the end of the hall "Interacti ...

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 ...