State Arctic and Antarctic Museum is located in the northern capital of Russia - the glorious city of St. Petersburg.This is not just an exhibition possessions nature of the two extreme points of the planet, and the whole story, telling about research these latitudes, the people who have opened many new to the world about them the hard way, and great adventure.Arctic and Antarctic Museum - is the aurora borealis, white bears, walruses and penguins, this is the wheel of an ice drift pioneer and much more interesting.
History Museum
At the beginning of 1937 for Soviet citizens discovered an unusually interesting cultural and educational place - Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic.You could come here for leisure and dive headlong into the world of unusual polar snow and giant icebergs.Visitors droves eagerly relished inspection of exhibits and thematic exhibitions.
The idea of creating such an exhibition arose as early as 1920, when the explorers began to actively explore distant northern expanses.Researchers and scientists have appealed to the government to establish a special museum, acting on a permanent basis.The authorities took ten years to make a decision.Only in 1930 in the framework of the creation of the All-Union Arctic Institute began operating the Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic.
It was placed in the premises of St. Nicholas Church, erected by the architect Melnikov at the beginning of the XIX century.The building was reconstructed several times and made as convenient as possible for exhibitions.They helped build the museum and experienced explorers, their experience and knowledge made it possible to make this place a real asset of the country and the pride of its citizens.
Area
Today the museum has gained popularity not only among compatriots, but also throughout the world.Here comes a lot of tourists who are happy to wander the galleries and halls, photographing the unusual exhibits.Visitors find it pretty easy, because for many years remained unchanged address.Arctic and Antarctic Museum, as well as nearly a hundred years ago, is located at the intersection of Forge Lane and the streets of Marat.Right next to it there is Nevsky Prospect, memorial apartment Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Moscow railway station.This is the place for you if you arrived in Russia's northern capital, want to look at something for original and deeply breathe the true "spirit of St. Petersburg."
Since the museum is located in the same building of the old St. Nicholas Church, everything here is permeated with the spirit of religion, architecture, decoration, patterns.And only beautiful plaque at the entrance says it is not a temple but a secular public space.Many visitors love the wide stairs that descend on the area from the top of the stylobate.When the weather permits, they sit down tourists and local romance that meet here at sunset.
Tickets and timetable
To get to the snowy Arctic latitudes of the world, you need to input a little fork.Arctic and Antarctic Museum, the price of the entrance to which is democratic enough, offers a variety of events for its visitors.For adults it is a pleasure will cost 230 rubles.But for children and seniors provided a good discount, they pay three times less - only 70 rubles.For toddlers, preschool children, large families and the disabled admission is free.In addition, every third Thursday of the month is free, with no entrance fee, the museum opens its doors to students.
have time to buy a ticket to come to a maximum of 17.30.Later ticket office will be closed.The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 18 pm.On Sunday, it closes an hour earlier, so the schedule is shifted cash - it is open until 16.30.Monday - the day off.
Museum of very beautiful before Christmas.Every year it is illuminated by the thematic patterns, for example, big snowflakes and figures of polar bears.But the most amazing event took place in 2005, it was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the museum.Then the building was decorated with huge penguins, made of papier-mache.
"Northern Way"
It is one of three thematic exhibitions presented here, which tells visitors the history of cognitive research at the point of the Earth.Pictures and models are devoted not only Russian but also foreign expedition, which was too much."Northern Way" tells the story about the polar research, an unusual history of Arctic navigation.Here you can see the layout of the stations and tents, real clothing, scientific instruments and everyday objects.
"highlight" of this part of the exhibition have long been the wheel and the magnetic compass "Ermak" - the world's first Arctic ice drift.Created in 1988, the ship on the drawing of Vice-Admiral Makarov.A special place set aside and Chelyuskinskoy operation when pilots were removed from the drifting ice floes in the Chukchi people.These pilots were the first heroes of the Soviet Union.Also of interest are exhibits telling the history of trans-Arctic flight "Moscow-North Pole-Seattle", which was the first of its kind.Crowned this section of the exhibition layout aurora, showing the nature and the beauty of this natural phenomenon.
"Arctic"
Another exhibition, which is devoted to the nature of this piece of land, with its amazing features and unusual flora and fauna.Even if you're familiar with the topic, will not remain indifferent from those layouts.St. Petersburg Arctic and Antarctic Museum (St. Petersburg) gathered under the roof of the rarest artifacts.Among them a central place is given to the segment of the globe, which is a relief hypsometric map of the Northern Hemisphere.It was created on the basis of academic Shokalski maps drawn them back in the distant 1936.
In addition, there are depicted the animals that have long been symbols of the Arctic: the menacing polar bears, walruses are lazy, fat seals, reindeer noble and agile lemmings."Rookery" - one of the segments, filled with feathered representatives of this part of the Earth's polar owls, pink gulls, guillemots and gagami.Also, there are dioramas about the tundra, show her beauty to the winter and summer, as well as depicting the Strait of Matochkin and Glacier Shokalski.
"Antarctica"
Under this name opens doors to visitors last, the third exposure.It is also dedicated to the flora and fauna of the continent of the same name.Kings of nature here are the favorite of all funny and clumsy penguins.They live in Antarctica are also whales, sperm whales, seals and elephants seals.The bird world is represented petrels, snow and Antarctic, as well as white plover and Cape pigeons.
Another part of the exhibition is devoted to various scientific research.By the way, the continent opened Russian explorers Bellingshausen and Lazarev in 1820.They were also pioneers set foot on the island of Peter the Great and Alexander the ground.It is this strong and meaningful journey and a dedicated section of the exhibition, where you can see the first edition of the atlas about the adventures of Captain Bellingshausen in the Arctic Ocean.This collection of maps and diagrams was published in 1831 a very small circulation.Arctic and Antarctic Museum also shows visitors pictures of those times, when there were these amazing journey.In pictures - happy explorers, which now boasts the world.
Arctic and Antarctic Museum: customer reviews
People who have been there a very positive and warm describe what he saw.Many people say that looking at the exhibits is certainly interesting, but it is better to join a special tour.Yes, it will cost more, but you will discover a new and little-known facts about these pieces of land.An experienced guide will tell edifying stories, and these places will no longer have to be associated only with the ice and permafrost.
Especially exciting will be a pastime for schoolchildren.They will deepen their knowledge of geography, biology and history.After a period of massive discovery of these lands, their conquest is presented here in numerous exhibits and models.Plant and animal worlds, known seafarers, discoverers, instruments with which they worked, and facilities in which to live, reveal a whole world - unknown, distant and romantic, alluring.Take a day off to visit the Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic in St. Petersburg, and you'll not regret it.
