“Plants and human. Endless cognition.” The concept of development of the Botanical Museum of the Fund Greenhouse of N. V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden RAS

Abstract

Botanical museum of Fund greenhouse in Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of Russian Science Academy wasfounded in 1953. The exposition represents botanical objects of tropical and subtropical plants, which were collected inexpeditions to different regions of the World and in the Fund Greenhouse. At the present time museum collection includesabout 500 plant taxa and more than 2000 storage units, significant part of which were brought in Russia for the first timeby Fund Greenhouse staff members. The Botanical museum concept of development is proposed with the aim to increasethe attraction of museum exposition and to create unique social educational center, which will show richness and diversityof the world of plants and increase ecological and botanical knowledge level in wide audience of the museum visitors.When the project of museum renovation will be realized our experience can be shared with other Russian botanicalinstitutions.