Hydrobiological Museum named after prof. Gaevskaya N.S. Kaliningrad State Technological University

Hydrobiological Museum named after prof. Gaevskaya N.S. Kaliningrad Technical University was organized in 1928 on the initiative of Academician Zernov S.A. and Prof. Gaevskaya N.S., who throughout her life was the scientific director of the museum. The museum performs its functions primarily as an educational one. Here receive the basics of biological knowledge on visual aids all students of the university. The museum has preserved in good condition many preparations of the White Sea-Murmansk expedition of 1915, many preparations collected on Lake Baikal, preparations of hydrobients of the Aral and Azov seas (collection was carried out in the 50s), as well as fauna and flora of the world ocean. Currently, the scientific director of the museum is Doctor of Biological Sciences Professor Burukovsky R.N. In the permanent exhibition there are about 2,500 copies.

The exposition has the following sections: "Freshwater Fauna", "Fauna of the southern seas of the USSR", "Fauna of some seas of the Atlantic Ocean", "Fauna of some northern seas of the USSR", "Fauna and flora of some seas of the Far East", "Fauna of the seas of the Pacific and Indian oceans". The museum has preserved in good condition many preparations of the White Sea-Murmansk expedition of 1915, preparations collected by Gaevskaya N.S. on Lake Baikal, preparations of hydrobionts of the Aral, Azov, Caspian Seas collected in the period from the 20s to the 50s. In addition to more than 3000 exhibits, there is an educational collection of aquatic invertebrates and plants (about 1000 items). The main function of the museum is educational, the exhibits are used as teaching aids.