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The national" target="_blank">National Museum of Natural History at the national" target="_blank">National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України) is a natural history museum in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is one of the largest scientific research museums of its type.
History of the museum
The museum is housed in a former building of the Olgynska School, built in 1914–1927 in the neoclassical style. It was granted the status of the national" target="_blank">National Museum on December 10, 1996, according to the decision of the President of Ukraine.
Structure of displays
The museum was established in 1966 as a unified complex comprising five museum sections: Geological, Paleontological, Zoological, Botanical, and Archaeological. There are approximately 30,000 exhibits in 24 halls with a total area of 8,000 m². The museum is open from Thursday to Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.
Proceedings
The museum publishes two annual journals:
Proceedings of the national" target="_blank">National Museum of Natural History ISSN 2219-7516 (Print)
Editor-in-chief: Igor Yemelyanov
Proceedings of the Theriological School ISSN 2312-2749 (Print); ISSN 2074-2274 (Online)
Editor-in-chief: Igor Zagorodniuk
See also
national" target="_blank">National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
References
External links
Official website
Zagorodniuk, I. (2015). "Attendance of the Museum Webpage in Wikipedia as a Criterion of Interest in the national" target="_blank">National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine: Analysis of Dynamics" (PDF). Natural History Museums: The Role in Education and Science (4th Proc. Internat. Conf.). 2: 119–121. Retrieved February 6, 2018.