Mineralogical Museum - a scientific and educational institution, a kind of museum . Designed for exposure of crystals , stones and other exhibits of mineral origin. The museum carries out the acquisition, storage, study and popularization of mineral objects, natural monuments. The museum houses objects of historical and educational value. Museum employees regularly hold expositions, exhibitions, and carry out other forms of scientific popularization and educational activities. Large museums publish scientific works and collections of works.
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Mineralogical museums of the world
Around the world, there are about 500 mineralogical museums. As a rule, they relate as units to one or another large academic, research or scientific-educational organizations or centers. The staff of many mineralogical museums are engaged in active scientific work on the study of exhibits from the museum collection and related issues of mineralogy. A number of museums publish scientific and popular science literature on minerals. Many mineralogical museums conduct excursions, give lectures showing photo and film materials on mineral deposits and the extraction of collection specimens, on the expositions of other museums, and regularly organize thematic exhibitions. In recent years, the tradition of exhibition exchange between museums of different countries has been actively developing. Many museums have their own scientific libraries. One of the most important tasks and functions of the leading mineralogical museums was, is and will be - the popularization of scientific knowledge.
Museums as Cultural Centers
Museums also serve as a kind of center around which collectors and stone lovers group. Subsequently, their private collections are often often significantly replenished with museum funds. Many large museums keep in their collections collections of famous geologists and scientists of the past, in some cases giving them the status of independent expositions.
See also
- Mineralogical museums of Russia
- Mineralogical Museum named after A. E. Fersman RAS
- Mineralogical Museum named after A.V. Sidorov