Address: Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, no. 1
Phone: (004) 0264-405.300; (004) 0747-027.389
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.muzee.ubbcluj.ro
Schedule: Tuesday–Friday: 11:00 – 16:00
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The Mineralogy Museum is located in the main building of BabeÈ™-Bolyai University. The museum currently has 16,500 exhibits in its patrimony: 12,500 minerals, 3,700 processed gems and over 200 meteorites. The permanent exhibition is organized in a space of 126 square meters and has a number of 8000 exhibits.
Among the peculiarities that give a unique character to this museum we can mention:
- The only actual collection of meteorites in Romania
- One of the richest and most varied gold collections in Romania
- The most spectacular and diversified exhibition of precious and finely processed stones
- The richest and most complete collection of ornaments in Romania
- The largest number of mineral species in a systematic collection in Romanian museums
- The great variety of cities with mineralogical importance represented, from the country and abroad