Przhevalsky Museum
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Karakol 
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historical Museum
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| opening | 1957 |
The Prschewalsky Museum is located twelve kilometers north of the Kyrgyz city of Karakol and is dedicated to the Russian explorer Nikolai Michailowitsch Prschewalski .
location
The museum is located north of Karakol, the fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan , in the town of Pristan-Przhevalsky. In the immediate vicinity of the museum there is an eastern branch of the Kyrgyz mountain lake Issykköl . where the Karakol River flows into the lake.
terrain
The site of today's museum was once owned by Nikolai Prschewalski, who owned a house there on the banks of the Issyk Kul. Today there is a well-tended park, the grave of the famous explorer, a monument to Prschewalski and the Prschewalski Museum. The place was chosen as the burial place for Prschewalski, because he raved about the beauty of the landscape in this region during his lifetime. The museum is located in a small, one-story, neoclassical building with an entrance area supported by columns and an eagle sculpture on the roof gable .
exhibition
The museum was officially opened in 1957 and since then has housed a permanent exhibition informing about Nikolai Prschewalski's research trips. The collection of the Prschewalsky Museum includes numerous original exhibits from Prschewalski's research trips. One focus of the museum's exhibition are large maps on which Prschewalski's travels are drawn and explained. The exhibits include a stuffed horse that is said to have belonged to Prschewalski, an armillary sphere , a 3D map of the region and numerous original documents by the explorer that he made during his travels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ sadyr: Museum of Przhevalsky. April 9, 2018, accessed January 2, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Przhevalsky Memorial Museum | Karakol, Kyrgyzstan Attractions. Retrieved January 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Dook: Nikolai Przhevalsky Museum. In: Dook International - Blog. April 21, 2017, Retrieved January 2, 2020 (American English).
- ^ Flechtner, Stephan, Trescher Verlag GmbH: Travel Guide Kyrgyzstan To the peaks of Tien-Schan and Pamir . 6., update Edition, revised edition. Berlin, ISBN 978-3-89794-483-1 .