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State Museum of Natural History
The State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv is considered one of the oldest natural history museums in Europe.
Founded in 1870 by the naturalist-collector, count of Ukrainian origin Volodymyr Didushytsky in a reconstructed building in the early neoclassicism style of the early 19th century. In 1880 Didushytsky donated the museum to the Lviv community, and since 1940 it has been under the jurisdiction of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Since 2013, the State Natural History Museum has been creating a new main exhibition "Symphony of Life", the paleontological part of which was opened in 2019 under the name "Ice Age". Among the most interesting exhibits: skeletons of a mammoth and woolly rhinoceros ...
Last update
4/8/2024
Categories | Architecture, Museum / gallery |
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Date of foundation | 1870 |
Hours of work | 11:00-18:00 (entrance until 17:30), 11:00-18:00 (entrance until 17:30), days off - Monday, Tuesday |
Address |
Teatralna Street, 18
Lviv |
Coordinates | 49.8425° N, 24.02904° E Coordinates copied |
Phone | +380 32 235 6917, +380 32 235 7002, |
office@smnh.org | |
Official site | http://www.smnh.org/ua/ |
https://www.facebook.com/LvivM... | |
Cost | exhibition "Art of Survival": adults - UAH 30; pensioners, students, cadets, schoolchildren - UAH 15; "Ice Age" exhibition: adults - UAH 50; pensioners, students, cadets, schoolchildren - UAH 25; excursion - from UAH 100 |
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