Museum of geology in Central Siberia, its structure and foundations

Krasnoyarsk State Museum of Geology of Central Siberia is one of the largest branch museums in the country. Its collection fund has more than 35 000 museum objects. The museum building is a monument of architecture of the late 19th - early 20 centuries. Regular accumulation of the collection fund began in 1944 when the first show window of samples appeared in the museum. The funds are subdivided into the basic, scientific-auxiliary, exchange and raw material supplying. The basic collection fund consists of 7 exhibition sections:1..The history of geological study and development of subsoil of Central Siberia2.Mineralogy and gemmology3.Petrography4.Mineral deposits of Central Siberia5.Historical geology and palaeontology6.Geological sights and nature sanctuaries7.Karst of Central Siberia.The first section includes archaeological finds on the territory of Central Siberia since the epoch of the Middle Palaeolithic. There are originals that show how subsoil of Siberia was explored and developed in 18-20 centuries. The section "Mineralogy and gemmology" represents collections of various minerals and their associations, exhibited in the academic system. The fund of the section "Petrography" contains magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Each type of rock unites variations that characterise the conditions of their formation. The section "Mineral deposits of Central Siberia" displays a source of mineral-raw materials of Central Siberia - the guarantor of Krasnoyarsk region's prosperity. It is tens of thousands deposits and displays that make up more than 7% of all Russia's deposits. The palaeontology collection fund includes the samples and exhibits showing almost all stages of development of the Earth. Among them there are samples dated 500-570-million years of age. The fossils are arranged according to the palaeontological classification. The exposition "Geological nature sanctuaries and geological sights of Krasnoyarsk region" tells about unique geological sites. The exposition "Karst of Central Siberia" is very popular. It presents the samples ofcave formations that reveal the mysterious world of the well-known caves of Krasnoyarsk region. Excursions round the museum end in the hallwith the cave collections exposition.

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