National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України
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Established	1966 (08.06.1966)
Location	15 Bohdan Khmelnitsky (M. "Teatralna"), Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′43″N 30°30′53″E / 50.44528°N 30.51472°E / 50.44528; 30.51472
Visitors	~ 100,000
Director	Igor Yemelyanov
Website	www.museumkiev.org

National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України) is a natural history museum in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is one of the biggest scientific research museums of the type in the world^[1]

History of the museum[]

The museum is housed in a former Olgynska school built in 1914–1927 in neoclassicism style.^[2] It was granted the status of the National Museum of December 10, 1996, according to the decision of the President of Ukraine.^[1]

Structure of display[]

It was established in 1966 as a unified complex comprising five museums: the Geological, Paleontological, Zoological, Botanical and Archaeological. There are approximately 30,000 exhibits in 24 halls with a total area of 8,000 m². The museum is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.^[1]

Proceedings[]

The museum publishes two annual journals:

• ISSN 2219-7516 (Print)

editor-in-chief:

• ISSN 2312-2749 (Print) • ISSN 2074-2274 (Online)

editor-in-chief: Igor Zagorodniuk

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Website of the «Proceedings of the Theriological School»
• Website of the «Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History»
• Zagorodniuk, I. (2015). "Attendance of the Museum Webpage in Wikipedia as a Criterion of Interest in the National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine: Analysis of Dynamics" (PDF). Natural History Museums: The Role in Education and Science (4th Proc. Internat. Conf.). 2: 119–121. Retrieved February 6, 2018.