Mineral/Geology Museums in Germany
| Photo | Museum Name | Location | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Besucherbergwerk Grube Silberhardt visitor mine Silberhardt | 51570 Windeck - Öttershagen | visitor mine with renovated adit in late 19th century iron- and lead mine exhibition with historical tools and machinery mineral exhibition with several hundred specimens from "Siegerländer Erzbezirk" and surrounding area | |
| Museum Berger | Eichstatt | ||
Baden-Württemberg | |||
| MiMa - Museum für Mineralien und Mathematik MiMa - Mineralogy and Mathematics Museum | Oberwolfach, Baden-Württemberg | MiMa, the museum for minerals and mathematics Oberwolfach, presents two of the most unique features of the region: the scientific knowledge of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstituts Oberwolfach and the one-of-a-kind minerals of the Black Forest collected by the Vereins der Freunde von Mineralien und Bergbau ... | |
| Museums-Bergwerk Schauinsland Mining Museum Schauinsland | Oberried, Baden-Württemberg | An authentic experience of three characteristic mining periods at the Mining Museum Schauinsland. | |
| Naturkundemusem Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg | ||
Bavaria | |||
| Fichtelgebirgsmuseum Wunsiedel | Wunsiedel, Bavaria | ||
| Kristallmuseum Riedenburg | Riedenburg, Bavaria | ||
| Museum Reich der Kristalle Kingdom of Crystals | Munich, Bavaria | ||
Berlin | |||
| Gesteins und Mineraliensammlung Freie Universität Berlin Rock and mineral collection of the Freie University Berlin | Berlin | ||
| Mineralogische Sammlungen Technische Universit | Berlin | ||
| Museum für Naturkunde Museum für Naturkunde | Berlin, Berlin | From the museum website: "Germany’s largest mineral collection in the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde contains approximately 200,000 specimens, representing 65 % of all known minerals. In the display collection, visitors can feast their eyes on 1,077 different mineral types. The foundation of the collection were the ... | |
Hamburg | |||
 | Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Hamburg | Hamburg | |
Hesse | |||
| Mineralogisches Museum | Marburg, Hesse | Mineral museum of the Philipps-Universität. | |
| Werra Kalibergbau Museum | Heringen (Werra), Hesse | Tourist mine. | |
Lower Saxony | |||
| Geosammlung Clausthal Clausthal Mineral Collection | Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony | ||
| Rammelsberg Museum & Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg Museum & Tourist Mine | Goslar, Lower Saxony | ||
North Rhine Westfalia | |||
| Besucherbergwerk Grube Silberhardt visitors mine Silberhardt | Windeck - Öttershagen, North Rhine Westfalia | visitors mine, old adit in iron and lead mining exhibition of historical tools and machinery exhibition of minerals from Siegerland and surrounding areas | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | |||
| Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum | Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Geomuseum Münster | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
 | Mineralogisches Museum | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Sauerländer Besucherbergwerk Ramsbeck | Bestwig-Ramsbeck, North Rhine-Westphalia | Visitors mine, mining museum and mining trail. | |
| Schwerspatmuseum Dreislar | Dreislar, North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
Rhineland-Palatinate | |||
| Deutsches Edelsteinmuseum | Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Deutsches Mineralienmuseum | Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Lava-Dome Deutsches Vulkanmuseum | Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Naturhistorisches Museum - Landessammlung für Naturkunde | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate | Largest natural history museum in Rhineland-Palatinate. Diverse exhibitions about the history and development of the Rhineland-Palatinate. The geology, tertiary fauna, as well as the glacial steppes within the Mainz Basin each have their own exhibit area. The mineral collection provides an overview of the diversity of ... | |
| Pfälzisches Bergbaumuseum & terra crystallum Historic Museum of Mining in the Palatinate | Imsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate | The Historic Museum of Mining in the Palatinate focuses on the former mining activities in the region around the Donnersberg massif near Kaiserslautern. The museum comprises 2 floors. The base floor is dedicated to the mining history from celtic times to the end of mining in the 20th century. The 1st floor hosts the ... | |
| Vulkanhaus Strohn | Strohn, Rhineland-Palatinate | A museum dedicated to volcanology. | |
Saxony | |||
| Besucherbergwerk Zinngrube Ehrenfriedersdorf | Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony | Tourist mine and mining museum. | |
 | König-Albert-Museum | Chemnitz, Saxony | |
 | Mineralogische Sammlung Deutschland (Krugerhaus) Mineralogical Collection Germany | Freiberg, Saxony | |
| Museum "Huthaus Einigkeit" | Brand-Erbisdorf, Saxony | ||
| Museum Kunstsammlungen Zwickau | Zwickau, Saxony | ||
 | Silberbergwerk Freiberg Silver Mine Freiberg | Freiburg, Saxony | |
| Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum | Freiberg, Saxony | The website states: "presentations lead the visitor into the world of local mining and illustrate the important highlights ofFreiberg´s history. The fun continues with the exciting history of Freiberg in the middle ages. There is a presentation dedicated to the second urban mining boom of the early modern ... | |
 | Terra Mineralia | Freiberg, Saxony | |
Schleswig-Holstein | |||
 | Geologisches und Mineralogisches Museum | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
Thuringia | |||
| Deutsches Goldmuseum | Theuern, Thuringia | ||
| Erlebnis Bergwerk Merkers | Krayenberg, Thuringia | Tours in underground potash mine and museum. | |
| Mineralogische Sammlung des Institutes für Geowissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Mineralogical Collection of the Institute of Geosciences of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | Jena, Thuringia | Today, the Mineralogical Collection, founded 230 years ago, presents a cross-section of 150m² of its collections, which has been continuously expanded and expanded. In addition to the regional focus (minerals from the Triassic region around Jena) and a systematic collection with worldwide sites with special ... | |
