What I can see

The Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology of the University of Athens has four rooms, one with audiovisual equipment and 3 with the collections. The first room has minerals of great beauty in 7 glass showcases. The second has samples of minerals, rocks and industrial minerals with detailed explanations. This room has more of an educational character. The third room has gemstone collections, copies of seals, petrographic and deposit collections and a unique example of quartz, all arranged in additions of the 19th-century. Moreover, in this room, a special tribute is paid to the volcano of Santorini.

What I can't see

It is the oldest collection of its kind in Greece and one of the most important internationally. The museum covers an area of 1,100 sq.m., located within the Department of Geology and Paleontology.

Info

• Address: Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, Athens University Campus
• Postal Code : 15784
• Phone: +30 210 7272124, 7274112
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Website: http://museums.geol.uoa.gr/mineralogy/index.html

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