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Address:
Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K.
Opening Hours:
Tue - Sun 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact:
Phone: +45 35 32 23 45
Fax: +45 35 32 23 25
Links:
Geologisk Museum
University of Copenhagen
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Description:
The museum has eight major collections and a library. The collection contains: minerals, rocks, meteorites, a dynamic-geological collection illustrating processes, meteorites, palaeontology, a special collection for schools and type specimens.
Part of the collection can be traced back to 1772, when the "New Natural Theatre of the University" was established, but some specimens can be trace back to the middle of the 17th century. Thus the largest silver specimen from Kongsberg originates from the "Cabinet of Curiosities" founded in 1650.
There are many mineral specimens from Greenland. Already before the turn of the century, expeditions had returned with valuable material, especially from western Greenland, where the localities Ivigtut, Ilímaussaq, Narssârssuk and Fiskensset turned out to contain a large number of new minerals. This development has continued, and particularly after the second World War a large and valuable amount of material has been brought home from Greenland.
One of the largest donations in recent years was in 1974 when the Cryolite Company Øresund handed over a considerable collection of minerals from Ivigtut, an increase which consolidated the position of the mineral collection as one of the leading collections in the world within our specialties.
The mineral collection has type material of almost 60 different minerals, almost exclusively from Greenland.
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