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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...

Formed of Key Largo limestone, or fossilized coral, this land was sold to the Florida East Coast Railroad, which used the stone to build Henry Flagler’s Overseas Railroad in the early 1900s. After the railroad was built, the quarry was used until the 1960s to produce exquisite pieces of decorative stone called Keystone. Today, visitors can walk along 8-foot-high quarry 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...

Rocks, fossils, minerals, jewelry, gifts, Himalayan salt and many more incredible items 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...

Meetings are held the first Thursday of the month (except January) from 7-9 p.m. ​ but have been postponed due to Coronavirus. Please check back here a few days before the monthly meeting. Members will be emailed regarding Zoom meetings; subject will contain “DMS.”  Read more...

The benefits of joining our club include: Receive our monthly Bulletin in the mail. Obtain access to our organized collecting trips. Learn about mineral and fossil collecting, Connecticut geology and the lapidary arts  from experienced club members. Take part in the decision making process of the club including choice of monthly programs, field trips, and the content and quality of Read more...