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WHY DID I CHOOSE HIM?
I chose the St. Petersburg mining Museum because I was there. I liked to walk and look at different stones and listen to interesting stories

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
This museum is the 3rd largest science exposition in the world. It is one of the oldest scientific and technical museums. There are more than 230 thousand rare minerals, metals and a huge collection of meteorites!

HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM
By order of Empress Catherine II, the Museum was created with the Mining School in 1773. It was started by the Mineral, Mining and Metal classrooms combined into a Museum. Since the XVIII century, it has become popular because of the large number of minerals.The museum served not only students and teachers, but also tourists.

WHAT CAN YOU SEE THERE
The museum is huge and beautiful. Of course, there are many minerals and meteorites. But there are also old sculptures and bones of extinct creatures. (for example, dinosaurs)