Black-and-white view into a dark museum interior, with a figure picked out by a shaft of light.

Zoological Museum of Moscow

A photographic visit to Moscow State University’s Zoological Museum in 2022, following the atmosphere, working spaces and people behind the displays.

One of my most interesting discoveries of 2022 was the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University. An old school friend’s work there gave the visit an unexpected personal connection. These photographs follow the museum’s atmosphere and the people at work: dark exhibition rooms, bright task lamps, specimens on a workbench and moments caught between light and shadow.

A person works behind a railing in a dim museum room, illuminated by a bright lamp.
Black-and-white photograph of a visitor holding a lit phone beside a museum information panel.
A dark museum corridor leads toward distant illuminated display cases and visitors.
Black-and-white view across an interior balcony, with drifting vapour lit above the railing.
A person in a light shirt gestures over a workbench holding museum specimens.
A woman leans over a specimen at a workbench beneath a bright desk lamp.
Black-and-white portrait of a man looking downward beside a brightly lit window.
Close view of a woman working carefully at a museum bench covered with tools, materials and specimens.

Looking beyond the display case

The gallery combines colour photographs of the working spaces with black-and-white observations of the rooms and visitors. It is a personal record of the visit, not a guide to current opening hours or admission.

For a different view of nature, continue to the Rhodope Mountains photo story or explore the Nature collection.

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