Bucuresti, Antipa Museum

In 1834, at the initiative of Mihalache Ghica, the brother of Prince Alexandru Ghica, a museum based on his particular collections was established. Ban has donated to the museum Byzantine, Roman and Greek coins, collections of minerals, mollusks, fish, fossils, birds, mammals and works of art.

In 1837, in the mixed museum, the Department of Zoology and Mineralogy, led by Carol Wallenstein, was born. In the following decades the museum is enriched by acquisitions and donations, the largest being received by Dr. Hilarie Mitrea.

In 1894, geologist discovers Gregoriou Stefanescu most important piece of the museum, skeleton Deinotherium gigantissimum, only skeleton throughout the world. The museum had several locations. The current headquarters were built under the direction of Grigore Antipa, (1893 - 1944).

He is also responsible for the first biogeographical dioramas in Bucharest in 1907, then extended to the museums of the world. Some of these can be seen on the ground floor of the museum Antipas behind the mammoth and basement. The Antipa Museum also has a collection of minerals and rocks that count over 4500 samples.

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