Description of the attraction
The Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas in Khanty-Mansiysk is the only state "oil" museum in Russia. The museum is located in a building that is considered one of the architectural landmarks of the city.
The history of this unique museum began in September 1993, when the head of the administration of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug ordered the establishment of a regional Geological and Mineralogical Museum. The Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas received its modern name in June 1996.
The main exhibition ideas of the museum were determined by Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Vladimir Ilyich Shpilmanov and geophysicist, one of the discoverers of the world's largest Samotlor deposit, Leonid Nikolaevich Kabaev.
The museum received its first visitors in 2003. Currently, there are about 34 thousand exhibits in the museum funds, which were collected from the first days of the museum's foundation.
The museum's collections consist of a variety of geological items. Here you can learn about the history of geological prospecting and all stages of the development of the oil and gas industry in Western Siberia. All premises have unique technological equipment, thanks to which museum items are in conditions of open access for guests.
The most valuable collections of the Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas in Khanty-Mansiysk are: a collection of meteorites, a mineralogical collection, a unique collection of cores from the Berezovskaya well, as well as memorial items of famous figures in the oil and gas industry, personal funds of oil workers and geologists who have made a huge contribution to the development of the oil and gas complex …
The Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas has an archive, a public library, a cinema, an internet classroom and a shop.
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Yana 2013-26-07
Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas (Khanty-Mansiysk) - the only state "oil" museum in the Russian Federation - was opened to visitors in 2003.
Over the nine years that have passed since the receipt of the first item, the museum funds amounted to more than 32 thousand items
Show full text The Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas (Khanty-Mansiysk), the only state "oil" museum in the Russian Federation, was opened to visitors in 2003.
Over the nine years that have passed since the receipt of the first item, the museum funds amounted to more than 32 thousand items. The museum collections include various items of geology, the history of geological prospecting, and the development of the oil and gas industry in Western Siberia. The premises of the museum fund depository are equipped with unique technological equipment that allows museum items to be kept in open access for visitors. The museum collection is kept in an integrated automated museum information system (KAMIS 2000).
The Museum of Geology, Oil and Gas is an active member of the scientific and methodological council on the development of museum business in Ugra. It is a scientific and methodological center for scientific and technical museums, as well as local history museums of the Autonomous Okrug, which include collections or items of science and technology. The museum is the focal point of the regional continuing education program for museum workers. It provides methodological assistance to museums in matters of accounting, scientific attribution and systematization, preservation of museum items and museum collections.
The main principle of the Museum's activity is maximum openness and accessibility for everyone.
OPERATING MODE
Wed - Sun: 10.00 - 18.00
Mon, Tue: - closed
Last Thursday of the month - cleaning day
Address - Russian Federation, 628011, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra AO, Khanty-Mansiysk, st. Chekhov, 9
Phone +7 (3467) 333272
Fax +7 (3467) 335418
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