Moscow Paleontological Museum
The Orlov Museum of Paleontology (Палеонтологический музей им. Ю. А. Орлова) was founded by Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciencies in 1937 prior to the XVII session of the International Geological Congress. It is named after Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov (1893-1966).
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  Location within Moscow | |
| Established | 1937 |
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| Location |  123 Profsoyuznaya street, Moscow (since 1987) |
| Coordinates | 55.6239°N 37.5139°E |
| Type | Paleontology |
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It contains public exhibits representing almost every type of fossil organism. Particularly well represented are dinosaurs from Mongolia, therapsids from the Perm region of Russia, and Precambrian fossils from Siberia.
History
One of the halls of the museum
The museum started out as a branch of the Zoological Museum of Moscow University.
External links
Media related to Moscow Paleontological Museum at Wikimedia Commons- Museum
- (in English and Russian) Paleontological Museum
- (in English) Review on the present state of the museum
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