Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Mineralogical museum near Neskuchny Garden, Moscow, Russia.
The Fersman Mineralogical Museum is a collection of minerals, rocks, and meteorites from around the world. The exhibits display specimens from different continents and document the mineral diversity found across Earth.
The collection dates back to the early 1700s, when a Russian ruler began acquiring minerals for study. Over centuries, the collection grew through scientific expeditions and international exchanges.
The museum bears the name of Alexander Fersman, its director from 1919 to 1945, who led expeditions across the Soviet Union that enriched its collections. Since 1956 it has officially carried his name. The building itself, a former riding hall of Count Orlov-Chesmensky, later served as a reception hall for the Alexandrinsky Palace.
The museum occupies the former riding hall (manège) of Count Orlov's Neskuchny Garden estate, entered through wooden double doors behind a white balustrade. The building stands on Leninsky Prospekt near Neskuchny Garden and Gorky Park, reachable by metro. Allow several hours: the systematic collection alone holds about 90,000 specimens.
Much of the collection was gathered through fieldwork in remote regions of Russia. These expeditions made it possible to document rare and unusual mineral deposits that are otherwise difficult to observe.
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