Mineralogische Sammlung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg
One of the oldest mineral collections in the world, in the Werner building of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, honored in 2024 as an IUGS Geo-Collection.
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About the museum
According to the university, the Mineralogical Collection of the Bergakademie Freiberg is among the oldest, largest and most beautiful of its kind in the world, and belongs to the ten oldest and most extensive collections in geology and mining science. In August 2024 it was named one of the first eleven IUGS Geo-Collections.
Well-known names are associated with it, such as Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs and Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Kolbeck, who were each responsible for administering, expanding and completing the holdings. After the Bergakademie reopened in 1946, Friedrich Leutwein headed the collection, and from 1958 Hans Jürgen Rösler; they built up an international exchange network to supplement the holdings even in financially difficult times.
Significant historical holdings include the originals of the mineral discoveries of Werner, Breithaupt and Weisbach, the Rittersgrün meteorite and the estate of Abraham Gottlob Werner. More recent focal points are a proustite collection from Schlema, silver specimens from Pöhla, bismuth crystal specimens from Schlema and whewellite crystals from Freital, Schlema and Ronneburg. The exhibition is located in the Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau.
Highlights
- One of the oldest mineral collections in the world
- Originals of mineral discoveries by Werner, Breithaupt and Weisbach
- Rittersgrün meteorite
- Estate of Abraham Gottlob Werner
- Named an IUGS Geo-Collection in 2024
Permanent exhibition
- Ausstellung der Mineralogischen Sammlung – Selected mineral specimens from Saxony and around the world, including historical holdings from Werner's time.
- Operated by
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2.50 |
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| Reduced | €1.50 |
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| Good to know | The Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Bau also houses the ore deposit collection and the petrological collection. The Paleontological-Stratigraphic Collection in the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Bau (Bernhard-von-Cotta-Straße 2) is accessible only by arrangement. |
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