Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum

http://www.mines.edu/academic/geology/museum/

1600 Maple St, Golden,
Golden CO 80401-6114

303.273.3823
geomuseum@mines.edu

Categories: Educational theory and practice, Geologic time, Geology, Geophysics, Mineralogy or petrology, Paleontology, Physics, Soil science, Structural geology

The Geology Museum at the Colorado School of Mines started as a mineral cabinet, but today the museum has approximately 50,000 minerals, fossils, gemstones, and artifacts. Exhibits include Minerals from Colorado, Colorado Mining Heritage and Artifacts, Gold & Silver Display, Gemstones Rough & Cut, Mineral Properties & Earth History, Special Radioactive Exhibits, and Fossils. The Museum offers three types of hands-on educational kits which are loaned to teachers and the public, and include Rock and Mineral Kits, Fossil Kits, and Teaching Trunks, which cover a wide range of geologic concepts including the rock cycle, mineral properties, fossils, crystallography, and gemstones. The Museum is associated with the Colorado School of Mines Department of Geology and Geological Engineering.