About Museo Geominero
The Museo Geominero in Madrid is a specialized geology museum housed in the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. The collection traces back to a commission founded by Queen Isabella II in 1849 to create the geological map of Spain. Since 1927, the exhibition has been located in its current building, which was constructed between 1921 and 1925 by Francisco Javier de Luque. In 250 display cases on the ground floor and the balconies, you can marvel at a diverse selection of minerals, rocks, and fossils from Spain as well as from its former colonies. The museum has carried its current name since 1989.
Based on the article “Museo Geominero” from the English Wikipedia, summarized and rephrased by a language modelLicense CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Museum › Science museums
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- Address
- C. de Ríos Rosas, 23
28003 Madrid, Spain - District
- Chamberí
- Phone
- +34913495759
- Website
- www.igme.es
- m.geominero@igme.es
- Coordinates
- 40.44231° N · -3.69965° E
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Part of the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining, this museum is dedicated to Geology (with a focus on Mineralogy) and Paleontology, containing an impressive collection of fossils and minerals discovered on the territory of Spain and abroad. Also contains educational exhibits, although all are described in Spanish only. The interior of the building is just as impressive and may be worth a quick tour even if you are not particularly interested in Paleontology and Mineralogy.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Madrid/Chamberí-Castellana“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · as of 8/22/2024