Mineralogical Museum Münster

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The former Mineralogical Museum in Münster.

The Mineralogical Museum of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster shows in its exhibition the three main areas of mineralogy crystal science, mineral science and rock science as well as their industrial application. The actual purpose of the museum's collection is to provide a comprehensive display of the various crystalline and amorphous substances to support teaching and research at the university.

collection

The exhibition of the museum, which partly consists of donations from private individuals and companies, extends over a total area of ​​around 500 m² and is spread over two floors. On the ground floor, it focuses primarily on an introduction to mineralogy e.g. B. on the basis of the division of crystals into crystal systems and crystal classes or an introduction to the formation and growth of crystals. The other large subject area on the ground floor is the so-called “Special Collection”, in which the most common and most important minerals are classified on the basis of crystal chemistry - an internationally recognized system introduced by Karl Hugo Strunz .

On the upper floor, the exhibits from the field of petrography are on display, which are divided into the rock groups igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks.

history

The mineralogical museum was originally founded together with the geological-paleontological museum in 1824 as the “Museum mineralogicum et zoologicum”. Together they also moved to larger premises in 1851 and, after another move in 1880, were housed in the "Landbergschen Kuria" built by Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius . After the separation of the two departments in 1919, a separate development took place, which continued in 1938 with the move of the mineralogical museum to the "Landsberger Hof" in Aegidiistraße.

During the Second World War , the museum was badly damaged in an Allied bombing raid in 1943. Since the collection was not previously outsourced, most of it was lost. In the years 1958/59 the new building of the museum took place on Hüfferstraße in direct proximity to the prince-bishop's palace , the seat of the university. The inauguration took place in 1963.

Due to renovations, the museum is currently closed and is expected to reopen at the end of 2017.

Web links

• Website Geomuseum - Mineralogical Museum

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 42 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 50 ″  E