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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 ...

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 ...