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Welcome to the Matilda & Karl Pfeiffer Museum & Study Center. The Pfeiffer Foundation provides educational and cultural opportunities featuring an historical home and gardens, native botanical gardens, a world-class mineral collection, and a Native American artifact collection.   Mineral Collection More than 1400 mineral specimens and geodes were collected by Mrs. Matilda Pfeiffer from 1960 until 1988. The collection Read more...

The Museum of Discovery is Arkansas’s premier science and technology center, and our mission to ignite and fuel a passion for science, technology, engineering, arts and math through dynamic, interactive experiences. Our museum is the oldest in the state of Arkansas, founded in 1927. We became the Museum of Discovery in 1998 when we moved to our River Market location. Read more...

Features three decades of history, covering the 20s-50s.The most valuable exhibit is a more than $20,000 evening gown made of woven aluminum thread. Designed by Jean Desses of Paris, it is one of only two such garments in existence. Community section includes pictures, pen and inks of old landmarks; everyday items; mining section contains historic photos, various tools, hats and Read more...

Arkansas Geological Commission Geology Learning Center gives students of earth science of all ages direct exposure to rocks, minerals, fossils and fossil fuels; allows visitors to watch the geologists on hand work with these articles; tours are free but must be arranged through the Commission. Read more...

  The Kentucky Coal Museum allows the public to learn about coal mining through access to perhaps the most comprehensive collection of mining memorabilia in the nation. The product of study and painstaking research, the Museum’s collection uniquely portrays life in a coal camp. Read more...

Welcome to the Clement Mineral Museum, a one-of-a-kind showcase of the collection of Ben E. Clement, a giant in Kentucky mining. The collection is composed of thousands of fluorite crystal specimens, ranging in weight from a fraction of an ounce to hundreds of pounds. Each specimen was “a rare accidental find” among regular ore bodies. In addition to the fluorite, Read more...

The Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County, Inc. was the dream of one man, Larry Hauser. That dream first began in 1982. His purpose was to establish a place where children could go to see and learn about the earth sciences. The search for a site took 15 years. But that dream became a reality when the museum had Read more...

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The Official Gold Mining Interpretive Center for the Commonwealth of Virginia   The Gold Mining Camp Museum at Monroe Park, the official gold mining  interpretive center for the Commonwealth of Virginia, is the only museum in Virginia solely dedicated to the history of gold and gold mining. Monroe Park is located off Route 17 in Goldvein, Virginia. Although not the Read more...