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The Gillespie Museum features one of the premier historic mineral collections in the southeast, and seasonally changing exhibits on an array of earth science and natural history topics. With native ecology interpretive and research areas and other multiuse eco-areas across its grounds, and a dedication to inspired environmental programming, the Gillespie has become a center for science education on campus, Read more...

Santa Fe College’s Museum of Earth Science is home to over 1,700 mineral, fossil and rock samples around the world. The museum also has martian and lunar meteorites and other “rocks from space.” Approximately 70 percent (about 1,200) of the specimens in the museum are from the John Withey Collection. John Withey was a retired high school teacher and avid mineral Read more...

The Iron Hill Science Center has exhibits geared towards the natural sciences of entomology (insects), paleontology (fossils), geology (earth processes with a focus on rocks and minerals), zoology (our collection of taxidermy ranges from mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish), and botany (plants). The Delaware Academy of Science is the parent organization that owns and operates the Iron Hill Science Read more...

Our building is closed to visitors, but our doors are open online. The Museum will reopen in early 2022 as the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science. Read more...

We’re home to ten scientific collections that tell the story of our Earth, its life, history and cultures. Our exhibitions, events and educational programs have enriched the Yale and New Haven communities, and beyond, since 1866. Through our doors you’ll share in the discoveries of generations of scientists and adventurers past, present and future. Read more...

The National Mining Hall of Fame holds more than 250 stories of men and women who achieved lasting greatness in mining and natural resources. Browse it to learn of these and other fascinating stories: Also included are plaques for honorees of the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame, established in 2013 to pay tribute to the pioneers of the past Read more...

The Minkin site is not generally open to the public, but visits are easily arranged. The Alabama Paleontological Society conducts monthly collecting expeditions, and interested persons are welcome to participate. Specimens of scientific value must be donated to a museum so that they are available for future study. Read more...

Our museum is dedicated to the preservation of the rich mining heritage of the Black Hills of South Dakota.  We invite you to visit us and enjoy our numerous exhibits and activities.  For more than a century, gold mining was the #1 industry in Lead and in the Northern Black Hills.  Today that mining heritage is cleverly depicted as an Read more...

We invite you to visit our exhibit hall, where you’ll find exciting information about Sanford Underground Research Facility, the city of Lead, and the history of Homestake. Our exhibits include historic photographs, videos, science and mining artifacts, and a 3-D model of the underground—from the surface down to the 8,000-foot level! From our deck, view the 1,250-foot-deep Open Cut, an Read more...