Paleontological Museum
Source: https://english.spbu.ru/about/st-petersburg-state-university-exhibitions-and-museum-collections/paleontological-museum Parent: https://english.spbu.ru/about/st-petersburg-state-university-exhibitions-and-museum-collections
Address
29 16th Line Vasilyevsky Island, St Petersburg
Telephone
+7 (812) 328-94-80
Telephone - Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
+7 (812) 363-68-48
Reception of visitors is organised by sessions in groups of no more than 5 people with tour guide services by appointment.
Tour sessions
Tue-Sat: 12pm and 4pm
Admission tickets
Adults – 350 roubles, group tour – 5,500 roubles, family tour (up to 5 people with children) – 2,500 roubles, individual tour (up to 5 people) – 3,500 roubles
Payment methods
You can pay with cash via Sberbank ATM at 7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment, Mendeleevskaya Line entrance (the ATM might charge an additional fee)
Purchase tickets online: https://spbu.tn-cloud.ru/
If you cannot pay either via the payment terminal or online, you can pay with a credit card and cash in the ticket office of St. Petersburg State University at the Faculty of Philology at 3 Philologichesky lane (open 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30pm)
Audio guide
https://izi.travel/ru/b622-paleontologicheskiy-muzey/ru
The Paleontological Museum was established by Professor Eduard Hoffmann in 1863 as the Paleontological Cabinet within the Twelve Collegia building. From 1869, Professor Alexander Inostrantsev significantly expanded the paleontological collections, incorporating them into the Geological Cabinet-Museum. He facilitated the University's acquisition of Professor Karl von Eichwald's unique paleontological collection, which accompanied his monograph 'Lethaea rossica, ou, Paléontologie de la Russie'. Assembled in the 19th century, this collection encompasses paleontological finds from across Russia and contains numerous type specimens of diverse fossil organisms.
A second museum site was founded in 1919 by Professor Mikhail Yanishevsky as the Paleontological Cabinet of the Department of Paleontology (16th Line 29, Vasilievsky Island). Today, the unified scientific collections on both sites of the Paleontological Museum comprise approximately 55,000 specimens, and are published under the acronym PMSPU.
The museum only admits visitors as part of guided tour groups. The schedule for group tours can be found via the link.
Book a tour
Tel.: +7 (812) 363-68-48
Email: ex@spbu.ru
Administration
Head of the museum
Dmitry Grigoriev
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