Arctic and Antarctic Museum

The Russian State Arctic and Antarctic Museum (Russian: Российский государственный музей Арктики и Антарктики) is a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

It was established in November 1930 as part of the Soviet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, but was not opened until six years later.

[1] The museum is located in Avraam Melnikov's Neoclassical church from the 1820s and remains the largest museum dedicated to polar exploration in the world.

[2] The current director of the museum is Victor Boyarsky.

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