International Museum Day

Abstract

Every year on May 18, the world celebrates International Museum Day. This issue of the digest includes articles of the scientific journal “Journal of Mining Institute” and is dedicated to the St. Petersburg Mining Museum, one of the largest natural-science expositions in the world, opened concurrently with the Mining School in 1773. Its unique collections include rare minerals, precious stones and metals, the largest collection of meteorites, historical and operational models of mining equipment, paleontological collection, archival documents, and a number of other exhibits.