State Darwin Museum
The State Darwin Museum (SDM) was built in Moscow in 1907, under pressure and persuasion from A.F. Kots, a young Russian scientist who was very fond of Darwin. It is said to have been the first museum of natural history in the world.There are more than 5,000 items occupying the three floors of the museum. One of the more impressive sections has a plethora of dinosaur models, presented with a fabulous dinosaur soundtrack. SDM presents a complete scientific picture of the evolution of the living world, and a large display showing the variety of wildlife on earth, with animals from all climatic zones from the North Pole to the South. One of the largest collections of the museum is the birds collection, which consists of many exotic species, including hummingbirds and birds of paradise.(Atlas Obscura, 2017).
Spiders, tarantulas and other invertebrates that live on the ground floor are the only living museum exhibits. All other non-living are just as spectacular. Thought and passion awakens the visitors of the museum. The arranged quests with tasks and puzzles and use of modern multimedia technology, interest the people about the world of wildlife and nature more. For example, the exhibition "Pass through evolution" - a long corridor, populated by representatives of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic; the corridor placed screens with questions and multiple-choice answers, the goal - to choose the right path for the development of nature so that does not bring the planet into an evolutionary dead end. The new interactive educational center "Know Yourself - Know the world of" is equipped with newest multimedia equipment from floor to ceiling, making the visitor "be" on the bottom of the ocean, in the rainforest, high in the sky, and even face to face with an enlarged cell. |