 The Museum of Paleontology named after Yuri Alexandrovich Orlov is run by the Institute, and contains public exhibits representing almost every type of fossil organism.Particularly well represented are dinosaurs from Mongolia, therapsids from the Perm region of Russia, and Precambrian fossils from Siberia.During World War II, the museum operated under a skeleton staff between 1941-1943 as the threat of the Battle of Moscow anticipated an invasion by the German army.