Arctic and Antarctic, Museum of the

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ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC, Museum of the, located at 24а Marata Street. It is the only museum in Russia and the biggest museum in the world devoted to natural environment of the polar regions of the Earth. It was established in 1930 as a department of the All-Union Institute of the Arctic (today the Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic) and opened to the public in 1937. The museum received its present name in 1958. The exposition contains the following sections: Arctic Environment, Research and Development of the Northern Sea Route, People's Economy and Cultural Development of the Regions of the North, and the Antarctic. The collection of the museum (approximately 75,000 objects) include the personal articles of polar researchers, photographs, documents about the history of the development of the North Pole and the South Pole, expedition equipment, unique devices, model ships and dioramas. The ice explorer airplane S-2, the steering wheel of the Taimyr ice-breaker, a ring-buoy from the Chelyuskin steamer are among the items on exhibition. The museum conducts research work, organises thematic exhibitions and possesses an extensive library (consisting of some 6,000 volumes) with a reading room. It is housed in the building of the former St.Nicholas Edinoverie Church.

References: Ягодницын Н. Г. Музей Арктики и Антарктики // Проблемы Арктики и Антарктики: Сб. ст.: (К 75-летию ААНИИ). СПб., 1995. Вып. 70. С. 305-311; Купайгородская А. П. Музей в храме // Наш следопыт. 2000. № 14. С. 28-29; Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002. С. 149-150.

N. L. Korsakova. Chelyuskin Semen Ivanovich
Marata St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 24, litera л. А
Купайгородская А. П. Музей в храме // Наш следопыт, 2000
Ягодницын Н. Г. Музей Арктики и Антарктики // Проблемы Арктики и Антарктики: Сб. ст.: (К 75-летию ААНИИ). СПб., 1995
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002 St. Nicholas’ Edinoverie Church
1937