UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections

Address:
School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, 2050 Wits, South Africa

Opening Hours:
08:00 to 16:30 each weekday

Contact:
Dr Ian MacKay
ian.mckay@wits.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0) 11) 71-76665
Fax: +27 (0) 11) 71-76579

Additional information:
Dr Ian MacKay is available to conduct guided tours of the museum from Grade 1 to Grade 12, and to work with teachers in the development of programmes based on museum displays and other resource materials.

Links:
The Bleloch Geological Museum
University of the Witwatersrand

Description:
The Bleloch Geological Museum in the Geosciences building houses a spectacular collection of rock and mineral specimens.

The Museum displays have undergone extensive redesign to highlight the tremendous breadth of Earth Science, including Geology, Geophysics, Palaeontology, Planetary Science and Meteorite Studies, Environmental Earth Science, Crystallography and Mineralogy and to facilitate their use as an educational resource.

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