Arctic and Antarctic Museum
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The Russian State Arctic and Antarctic Museum (Russian: Российский государственный музей Арктики и Антарктики) is a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was established in November 1930 as part of the Soviet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, but was not opened until six years later.[1]
The museum is located in Avraam Melnikov's Neoclassical church from the 1820s and remains the largest museum dedicated to polar exploration in the world.[2] The current director of the museum is Victor Boyarsky.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "General Information". Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- ^ Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic Archived December 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Vicaar » Dr. Victor Boyarsky". Archived from the original on 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
External links
[edit]- Arctic and Antarctic Museum - official site
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