Fersman Mineralogical Museum

**Fersman Mineralogical Museum** (Russian: Минералогический музей им. А. Е. Ферсмана)
	Current headquarters of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
	Location within Moscow
Established	1716
Location	Moscow, Russia.
Collections	Systematic collection,Crystal collection,Locality collections,Pseudomorph collection and Gems and stone art collection
Collection size	more than 135,000 items

Fersman Mineralogical Museum (Russian: Минералогический музей им. А. Е. Ферсмана) is one of the largest mineral museums of the world, located in Moscow, Russia. Its collections include more than 135,000 items. Among them natural crystals, geodes, druses and other kinds of mineral treasures. The museum was named after Alexander Fersman.

History edit

Early history edit

The museum was founded in 1716 in Saint Petersburg.

On 5 December 1747 a great fire destroyed virtually the whole collection. In 1836 the Kunstkamera was divided into 7 separate museums, including Mineralogical museum which was moved to the new building. In 1898 the museum was expanded and renamed the Geological museum.

In Moscow edit

Museum was moved from Petersburg to Moscow in 1934 together with the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Collections edit

Constellation egg, an unfinished Fabergé egg in the museum's collection.

All museum acquisitions since 1716 were divided at the beginning of 20th century by the academician Vladimir Vernadsky to 5 main collections:

Systematic collection.
Crystal collection.
Locality collections.
Pseudomorph collection.
Gems and stone art collection.

Directors edit

The museum is named after Alexander Fersman.

1835–1845 Grigori Gelmersen
1845–1857 Konstantin Grevingk
1857–1866 Adolf Gebel
1866–1873 Nikolai Koksharov
1873–1900 Fyodor Shmidt
1900–1906 Feodosy Chernyshov
1906–1919 Vladimir Vernadsky
1919–1945 Alexander Fersman
- 1930–1945 Vladimir Kryzhanovsky (executive director)
1945–1945 Vladimir Kryzhanovsky
1947–1953 Dmitry S. Belyankin
1953–1976 Georgi Barsanov
1976–1980 Yuri Orlov
1980–1982 Vladimir Sobolev
1983–1995 Aleksandr Godovikov
1995–2010 Margarita Novgorodova
2011–2015 Viktor Garanin
2016–present Pavel Plechov^[1]

References edit

^ "The history of Fersman Mineralogical Museum 1 - Минералогический музей имени А. Е. Ферсмана РАН". www.fmm.ru. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

External links edit

Photo (1024x768)
(in Russian and English) Fersman Mineralogical Museum home page
(in Russian) Article in the GeoWikipedia

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[1] "The history of Fersman Mineralogical Museum 1 - Минералогический музей имени А. Е. Ферсмана РАН". www.fmm.ru. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

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