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Минералогический музей им. А.Е. Ферсмана РАН
Fersman Mineralogical Museum
Russian Academy of Sciences
http://www.fmm.ru/infoframeen.htm
Curators:
Dmitriy Belakovskiy http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,7439.0.html
Kirill Vlasov http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,16598.0.html
Maria Alferova http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,7814.0.html
etc
One of the most exiting among the mineral museums of the world.
Museum world wide collections include more then 135000 items.Among them natural crystals, geodes, druzes and other kinds of mineral treasures. Articles made of stones by jewelers 18 - 20 centuries. Gemstones. Meteorites. and much more. Founded in 1716 in Sankt-Petersburg, Russia as a the Mineral cabinet of Kustkammer. Under support Russian Academy of Science since 1725 . Museum was moved from Sankt-Petersburg to Moscow in 1934 together with Academy of Science. It was placed to a historical building which represents Moscow's architecture of the beginning 19 century. It was built for Count Orlov-Chesmensky as a manege to accommodate a riding hall and stables. Under Emperor Nicholas I the building was served as an out of town dancing hall for Russian Court.
Leninskiy prospect 18-2, Moscow, Russia
For their magazine see http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,3370.0.html
Also see:
http://www.webmineral.ru/museums/item.php?id=3
https://www.mindat.org/museum-61.html
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Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fersman_Mineralogical_Museum
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http://www.nature.com/news/vote-seals-fate-of-russian-academy-of-sciences-1.13785
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300 years Fersman museum
http://webmineral.ru/photo/item.php?id=121
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Repo
https://www.mindat.org/article.php/904/The+Fersman+Mineralogical+Museum%2C+Moscow
Vid
https://www.mindat.org/article.php/796/+Video+Tour%3A+Fersman+Mineralogical+Museum+%28RAS%29%2C+Moscow