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The Zoological Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 1860s–1910: From an Academic Institute to a Public Museum (2018)

Slepkova, Nadezhda V. (Author)
Yusupova, T. I. (Author)

Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Volume: 60
Issue: 4
Pages: 294-314

DOI: 10.1111/1600-0498.12193

URI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1600-0498.12193

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Science and society Societies; institutions; academies Museums Zoology 20th century, early 19th century St. Petersburg (Russia) St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences

This article examines the change in public access of the Zoological Museum of the Imperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences from the second half of the 19th to the early 20th century. During this period, the Zoological Museum was transformed from an institution devoted to research to a large scientific and popular educational center. Discussions about expanding public access to the Zoological Museum began in the 1860s as part of the implementation of liberal-democratic reforms in Russia. The Museum did not immediately respond to the new social setting because its managers considered scientific research the priority. Nevertheless, they did take some steps towards meeting the needs of the public in the 1860s and still more effective changes in the Museum's activities in the early 1890s. The rise in public interest in the natural sciences and the creation of large museums of natural history in Europe stimulated the government and the management of the Academy of Sciences to create a public zoological museum in St. Petersburg. The Zoological Museum was given a new building, significant additional funding, and new regulations, which defined its scientific and popular educational functions as equally important. Because of these measures, the Zoological Museum could function not only as a research institute, but also as a public museum by the early 20th century.

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