Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science
- Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science
The Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg.
Peter the Great's Kunstkamera collections included zoological specimens. In 1724 the museum became a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A printed catalogue of the contents was published in 1742.It listed the zoology, botany , geology and anthropology specimens and contained an album of etchings of the building and plan of some of its parts. In 1766 Academician (= Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences) Peter Simon Pallas was appointed Curator of Zoology.
External links
* [http://www.zin.ru/index_e.htm Official Site]
* [http://www.zin.ru/collections/collect1.htm Collections]
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