Description of the attraction
The Museum of Precambrian Geology was founded on May 18 in 1961 as an independent subdivision in the general structure of the Institute of Geology. It is located in the city of Petrozavodsk on Pushkinskaya Street. Initially, the head of the museum was Viktor Yudin. At the moment, the head of the museum is Ruf Andreevich Khazov.
The main part of the museum's collection is represented by field samples of the leading geologists of the institute, as well as various other organizations that conduct their permanent work on the territory of the Karelian republic.
Despite the fact that the original collection of the museum was very small, at the moment the fund of the museum of geology is more than 3500 items to be stored, as well as a museum exposition that unfolds in two spacious halls.
In the lower hall there is an exposition presented by three cognitive sections: mineralogy, stomatitis of Karelia and the whole world - this section is a unique and the only collection that has no analogues in any museum in the world; Quaternary deposits of the Karelian republic and the relief of the country. The upper hall presents an exhibition dedicated to the most important and significant issues of geology, minerageny and metallogeny in Fennoscandia.
The Museum of Geology of the Karelian Scientific Center conducts educational work in the form of constant studies. In addition, the Institute of Geology participates in the educational process dedicated to the serious qualified training of specialists in the mining and geological-geophysical profile at the Petrozavodsk State University. The museum conducts educational practices for students of specialized faculties of secondary and higher educational institutions of Karelia and Russia.
The museum provides an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with the stone history of the Republic of Karelia, which began as early as 3.5 billion years BC. and up to the present period. Here you can learn about the properties of shungite, about its production, as well as see the places where it is mined on the map. In the museum there is an opportunity to see how the Belogorsk, Tivdian, Ruskeala marbles look like, as well as the crimson Shokshi quartzite and Karelian varioliths so famous all over the world.
Numerous visitors are especially attracted by surprisingly beautiful minerals: sun stone, corundum, belomorite, amazonite, apatite, amethyst, as well as silanite of dazzling beauty.
The theme of the active routes is a visit to the volcanic sedimentary complex of the Girvas volcanic zone, a stay on volcanic formations near the village of Solomenoe, as well as a tract called "Devil's chair" and a stay in the area of the Karelian stone in the architecture of St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk.
With regard to the participation of the museum in tourist activities, there is an occasional service for tourist groups, carried out by the transport of a travel company or on foot. In addition, the Geological Museum provides a systematic service to professional tourist groups as well as individual tourists related to geology.
In the Museum of Geology, you can get reference and information services related to issues of geology, important geological monuments, mining and industrial and mining heritage of the Karelian republic. This museum will appeal to all lovers of mineralogy and geology. The museum has the opportunity to work on individual requests.
