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      🖼 Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic

      ул. Марата, 24А

      A museum of polar explorers in a former Edinoverie church: expedition gear, ship models and stuffed animals.

      Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic
      © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The building is the former Edinoverie St Nicholas Church, built in 1820–1838 to a design by Avraam Melnikov.
      • The museum was founded in 1930 and opened to visitors on 8 January 1937; its first director was the polar artist Nikolay Pinegin.
      • Exhibit No. 1 in the acquisitions book is the Sh-2 amphibian aircraft that was aboard the ‘Chelyuskin’.
      • Since 1938 the museum has kept the tent and personal belongings of the expedition of the first drifting station, ‘North Pole-1’.
      • The museum's concept was developed by polar explorers, among them Otto Schmidt and Yuly Shokalsky.

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      • Arctic Museum and Kuznechny Market
      • Polar explorers, sharks and stars under a roof
      • The Arctic Museum, Vladimirskaya and Kuznechny Market

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