The Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum, established in 1934 in Moscow, is one of the largest soil museums of the world. The Museum is housed by the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy.

The Museum exhibits the diversity of soils samples across the globe from the Arctic to tropical regions, agricultural use and preservation of the soil, geneses and anthropogenic soil changes. It has a rich collection of soil monoliths assembled throughout the 20^th century, with about 900 monoliths displayed and about 2,500 monoliths preserved in the storage room that provide a unique full-scale data and a knowledge base on soils.

PRESENTATIONS

• The role of Soil Museums in awareness raising and virtual launch of the museum - Mr Ronald VARGAS, Secretary, Global Soil Partnership – Keynote address
• Importance of black soils for global food security and ecosystem services - Ms Natalia RODRIGUEZ EUGENIO, Global Soil Partnership
• Modernization of the William’s Soil Agronomic Museum - Mr Ivan VASENEV, Faculty of Soil Science, Agricultural Chemistry and Ecology of the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
• The role of Soil Museums in the Implementation Plan of the Eurasian Soil Partnership -  Pavel V. KRASILNIKOV, Head of Faculty of Soil Science ad interim, Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Timiryazev Agricultural Academy Soil Science Department contribution to the collection development of the Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum - Vladimir D.NAUMOV, Head of Department of Soil Science, Geology and Landscape Science of the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
• The role of the soil monoliths collection of the Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum for a better understanding of the essential diversity of Russian soils - Jetse STOORVOGEL, Soil Geography and Dynamics professor, Wageningen University Research center,  Netherlands  
• Prospective of the collaboration between European Society of Soil Conservation and Williams Soil Museum for better understanding the modern challenges in environmentally friendly soil management - Carmelo DAZZI, President of the European Society of Soil Conservation, Palermo University, Italy
• Challenges and perspectives of soil museums digitalization - Elena Yu. SUKHACHEVA, Director of the Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil Science
• Children and soil museums: Discovering the universe beneath our feet - Laura Berta REYES SANCHEZ, President of International Union of Soil Sciences
• Perspectives of use of Williams Museum soil collection as reference points for regional agroecological monitoring - Aleksey N. NALIUKHIN, deputy Head of Pryanishnikov Institute of Agrochemistry

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