The 130 <sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Anthropological Museum of the Moscow State University: the main events and people
The article is devoted to the 130th anniversary of the Anthropological Museum of the Moscow State University. The main events and people of its history are mentioned. Based on the materials of the All-Russian Anthropological exhibition of 1879 Anthropological museum was organized in 1883 on the initiative of professor A.P.Bogdanov. The first 25 years it was located in the building of State Historical Museum and in 1907 was moved into the Moscow University, where it is situated nowadays. D.N. Anuchin was its director for more than 40 years. In 1930 <sup>th</sup> the methodological and exhibition activity was great. At that time Museum had several showrooms, where expositions devoted to human evolution and biological diversity of mankind were displayed. In 1950 Anthropological museum was merged with the Research Institute of Anthropology and became its department of collections and expositions. After the Second World War only one show-room, devoted to the human evolution was re-established. In 1962 it was renewed in consideration with new fossil hominid discoveries and newest scientific concepts. The expositions on human origin and biological and cultural diversity of mankind exhibited in the halls of the Museum of Anthropology serve as a base for lectures and excursions for schoolchildren, students and other people taking interest in the subject.