Geological Museum named after Professor V.E. Ershov MSU

The attention of visitors of the Geological Museum named after V.V. Ershov is presented an exposition of more than 6,000 different minerals and ores of metals. Collections for the museum have been collected and purchased since the 1970s. In 1989, the museum received the first visitors, and later it was named after Professor Vadim Viktorovich Ershov, who headed the Department of Geology of the MGI.

A distinctive feature of the museum is that the presented collections of crystals, minerals and rocks are distributed to the main mining regions of Russia and neighboring countries (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia). The museum is equipped with interactive displays, each of which displays content on a specific topic: “Asian part of Russia”, “Gems and jewelry stones”, “European Russia and the Urals”, “Science and Life”, “Mining. Industrial Heritage” and “Mining. Cultural Heritage”. In addition, modern equipment allows you to conduct lectures for applicants and students of different levels.