Zoological Museum in Saint Petersburg is located in Universitetskaya Nabereshnaya 1. This is a non-profit organization meant for social, educational and cultural benefit, which has a reserve of over 14,000 specimens of different species from all over the world. The museum was founded in the year, 1833.
The place where the museum is located is known to the locals by the name of Museum Town as there are many more museums in the vicinity.
Foundation History of Zoological Museum, Saint Petersburg
The Zoological Museum in Saint Petersburg has been curved out from the Kunstkammer Zoological Collection. The latter was founded in 1832 and publicly inaugurated in 1838.
The venue of the museum was given an independent exhibition place in the year 1898. This latter
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venue previously belonged to the Sea Port Avenue.
What to See in Zoological Museum, Saint Petersburg
The Museum displays 500,000 of the species of its collection for the visitors. Fossils of mammoths, skeletons of whales, stuffed birds and animal, rare butterflies in preserved states are some of the exhibits of the Zoological Museum in Saint Petersburg. This is the third largest zoological museum in the world.
Visiting the Zoological Museum, Saint Petersburg
The Zoological Museum in Saint Petersburg remains open on all days except on Fridays from 11 in the morning till 5 in the evening. Tourists should get off at the Vasileostrovskaya metro station, which is the nearest metro station from the Saint Petersburg Zoological Museum.
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