The State Darwin Museum
The State Darwin Museum is a natural history museum in Moscow. The museum was founded in 1907 by Alexander Kohts and was the world's first museum of evolution explaining the work of Charles Darwin as a causal explanation of nature.- Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Email: info@darwinmuseum.ru
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum
- Also known as: “Darwin Museum”, “Museo Darwin de Moscu”, “State Darwin Museum”, and “Дарвиновский музей”
- Postal code: 117292
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Basov square and Moscow State Circus.
Moscow State Circus
Theater building
The title Moscow State Circus is used for a variety of circuses. Moscow State Circus is situated 1½ km west of The State Darwin Museum.
Akademicheskaya
Metro station
Akademicheskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's… Akademicheskaya is situated 1 km southeast of The State Darwin Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akademichesky District and Gagarinsky District.
The State Darwin Museum
- Categories: science museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
55.69071° or 55° 41′ 27″ north
Longitude
37.5615° or 37° 33′ 41″ east
Open location code
9G7VMHR6+7H
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“The State Darwin Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դարվինի պետական թանգարան”
- Belarusian: “Дзяржаўны Дарвінаўскі музей”
- Dutch: “Gosoedarstvenniy Darvinovskiy moezey”
- Esperanto: “Darwin-muzeo”
- French: “musée Darwin”
- French: “Musée Darwin”
- German: “Staatliches Darwin-Museum”
- Indonesian: “Museum Negara Darwin”
- Japanese: “国立ダーウィン博物館”
- Russian: “Государственный Дарвиновский музей”
- Spanish: “Museo Darwin de Moscú”
- Spanish: “Museo Darwin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Бойцовский центр на ул. Вавилова and Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Леопард and Амурозавр Рябинина.
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