Melnikov Permafrost Institute
Институт мерзлотоведения им. П. И. Мельникова
A world-renowned permafrost research institute, with an underground laboratory and a museum of permafrost research history that can be visited by appointment.
The institute belongs to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is one of the longest-running permafrost research institutions in the world. On a guided visit by appointment, you can go down into an underground laboratory more than ten meters deep and see real permafrost layers, along with an exhibition on the history of the research. The institute grounds also contain the remains of a deep well dug by the 19th-century merchant Shergin, the earliest scientific site that proved the thickness of permafrost.
Visits must be arranged in advance by contacting the institute. Group visits are given priority.
Opening hours
Advance reservation required
Nearby sights
- Lake Saisary
- Mammoth Museum
- Permafrost Kingdom
- Chochur Muran Ethnographic Complex
- Museum of Khomus
- Archy Diete Spiritual Culture Center
- Lenin Square
- National Art Museum of the Sakha Republic