Arctic and Antarctic Museum

Melnikov's building on Marata Street near Ligovsky Avenue

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]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.polarmuseum.sp.ru/Eng/info.htm
  2. ↑ Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic
  3. ↑ http://norpolex.com/about-2/dr-victor-boyarsky/?lang=en

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Coordinates: 59°55′39.02″N 30°21′12.94″E / 59.9275056°N 30.3535944°E / 59.9275056; 30.3535944


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