director of the Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History (1892 - 1944). His paper Principes et moyens pour la réorganisation des musées d'histoire naturelle was published in 1934. Starting from the reorganization of the Bucharest museum, in 1907 biological dioramas were used for the first time. The first dioramas illustrated the Carpathian Mountains, the Bărăgan Plain, and the Danube Delta. The Museum of Natural History also has dioramas depicting the fauna of the tundra, prairie, savannah or Sahara desert regions. Several museums worldwide asked for his assistance as a consultant as a result of this work. Grigore Antipa was a member of the Romanian Academy Works On the need to introduce a systematic fish farming in Romanian waters (1892) Studies on fisheries in Romania (1895) Draft Law on Fisheries (1896) The Fischerei-Verlaltnisse Rumaniens (1899) Ichthyological fauna of Romania (1909) Fisheries and the flood region of the Danube in the national and world economy (1932) Iconography of Black Sea Sturgeons and Clupeids (1934) The Black Sea and its ichthyology (1941) In memoriam The National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest is named after the scientist, as well as the National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" in Constanța. One of the annual awards given by the Romanian Academy is named after Grigore Antipa. Also, the marine research ship "Grigore Antipa", which belongs to the Diving Center in Constanța, bears his name. The Danube delta gudgeon, Romanogobio antipai is named after him as he collected the type specimen. Notaphilia and numismatics In 1992, the National Bank of Romania issued a circulation banknote, with a face value of 200 lei, with the portrait of Grigore Antipa on the obverse. On December 4, 2017, the National Bank of Romania put into circulation a gold commemorative coin, with a face value of 100 lei, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Antipa. The coin has a title of 900 ‰, weighs , has a diameter of , and has a serrated edge; it has been issued in 250 copies, all of proof quality. References External links Membrii Academiei Române din 1866 până în prezent – A Site-ul Muzeului Național de Istorie Naturală „Grigore Antipa” Doi deschizători de drumuri FOTO Grigore Antipa, călător în Delta Dunării. Marele savant s-a implicat în ajutorarea pescarilor din Jurilovca Titular members of the Romanian Academy Romanian zoologists Romanian inventors People from Botoșani 1867