Mineralogy Museum Munich

The Museum Mineralogia München is the publicly accessible part of the Mineralogical State Collection and is located in the Kunstareal (Art Quarter) on the grounds of the former Türkenkaserne (Turkish Barracks). The exhibition includes around one hundred thousand specimens, among them diamonds, emeralds, and other gemstones. Highlights include the King Ludwig Diamond, a rubellite crystal, the Takowaya Emerald, and the main mass of the Mauerkirchen meteorite. You can also admire quartz from the Alps and minerals from Bavarian ore deposits. The collection traces its origins in part to the Leuchtenberg Collection. The formation and properties of the crystals are explained in detail. The entrance is at Theresienstraße 41, via the outdoor staircase on Marianne-von-Werefkin-Weg.