The Ocean Museum received mammoth tusks more than 2.5 meters long from Khabarovsk

The World Ocean Museum brought mammoth tusks. The length of the two largest exceeds two and a half meters, two more, presumably, belonged to a mammoth. This was reported in the press service of the museum.

Of particular value to the finds gives safety: survived even the most fragile parts – glasses. The tusks were transferred to the museum by the decision of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, from where they were delivered from Khabarovsk.

This year, the museum also expects a large collection on the history of diving in Russia and the USSR, including equipment produced in a single copy. The items will first be placed in the restoration center at the Amber Manufactory, and then part of the collection is planned to be shown in the Depth exposition next to deep-sea vehicles.

The tusks are being prepared for the exhibition “Extinct: Lessons from Evolution” at the Packhouse complex. Central place there will take the skull of a mammoth with tusks. Visitors will be able to see the exhibition in December.

Earlier we wrote that birds and animals of the Curonian Spit were shown at an exhibition in Kaliningrad.