Musée de Minéralogie

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The Mineralology Museum, which, as its name suggests, deals with mineralogy, is one of the oldest museums in France. It was founded in 1794, a year after the National Museum of Natural History and the Louvre Museum (both founded in 1793). The museum of Mineralology is open to the public at number 60 of Boulevard Saint-Michel in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

Description: The Musée de Mineralologie de l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris has been installed in the Vendôme hotel since 1815. René Just Haüy was the author of the museum's collections and the creation of the museum in 1794. The Museum of Mineralology of the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris is considered a leading museum in its field, with an important systematic collection and a large collection of typical species it is one of the largest mineralogy museums in the world.

Collections: The museum's collections, among the most comprehensive in the world, include more than 100,000 samples, more than 4000 of which are displayed in 12 rooms. The museum has a collection of 700 gems, 300 meteorites and artificial minerals...