Museum of Natural History

The Natural History Museum with an area of about 4,000 square meters introduces visitors to the beautiful nature of the world, namely, such sciences as zoology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and geology. In the museum you can see various species of animals from around the globe, including numerous species of reptiles and fish. Speaking in numbers, the museum presents about 30 million zoological, mineralogical and paleontological specimens, including 10,000 typical specimens. Here you can see meteorites, the largest piece of amber, stuffed extinct animals and other fascinating objects.

An impressive moment in the museum is the Hall of Dinosaurs, which houses the skeleton of a giraffetitan 13 meters high and 23 meters long, discovered in the early twentieth century in Tanzania.

The museum was founded in 1810, and its collection began to replenish in the XVIII century.