Paleontological Museum named after Y. A. Orlov is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. The history of the Museum began with the Kunstkammer, which in 1716 was founded by Peter the great Kunstkamera there have been finds of fragments of skeletons of prehistoric animals.

Modern building Paleontological Museum – a unique Museum complex, built of red brick. The complex has a courtyard. The facade is decorated in the corners of the round towers. The project is specifically designed for Paleontological Museum.

Exhibition area of the Museum is about 5000 sqm Diverse, very interesting design of exhibition halls, gives the opportunity to experience the mysteries of the past.In the six halls of the Museum exhibits are consistently telling about the history of life on Earth.Presented in the Museum exhibits the work of several generations of paleontologists. They were going in Russia and beyond its borders.Each exhibit has its own history.

In the first (introductory) room visitors can see the skeleton of a mammoth. It is a symbol of Russian paleontology. The skeleton was found in 1842 in Siberia industrialist Trofimov. The skeleton was carefully transported to Moscow. It was a unique gift to the Moscow society of naturalists.

Next stop is the hall of Precambrian and late Paleozoic, which introduces the most ancient organisms on Earth. It accommodates a plate on which there are fingerprints and traces the movement of ancient soft-bodied multicellular organisms. Their age is impressive. He more than 550 million years. In Suburban hall you can learn about the geological history of the Moscow region. You can see the animals that lived in the Moscow region in different geological epochs.

In the hall late Paleozoic is represented by the North-Dvina gallery of reptiles collected in 1898-1914, Professor Amalitsky. From the latest findings can distinguish a plate with traces of reptiles pareiasaurus.

In the Mesozoic hall, you can see the skeletons and skulls of carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs. They were found on the territory of Mongolia joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition.In the same hall is the largest exhibit is a cast of the skeleton of Diplodocus Jurassic of the USA. It was donated in 1913, Tsar Nicholas II on the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. Of great interest are also the skeletons of flightless birds.

In the last room of the Museum presents exhibits that demonstrate the diversity of ancient mammals. Here you can see the skeleton of gigantic hornless rhinoceros – indricothere, mastodon – gomphothere, cave bears and giant Irish deer with long horns. Completes the exposition of a story about ancient people. Here is exhibited a cast of the skeleton of Australopithecus from Africa and stone with drawings of ancient people.

The paleontology Museum is not only a scientific and educational center, but also an interesting place for a family vacation.