Mineralogical Museum of the Department of Mineralogy of St. Petersburg State University

The Mineralogical Museum of St. Petersburg State University is a unique museum space reflecting the historical heritage of mineralogical science.

The Mineralogical Museum has a long history that began in 1785 with the acquisition of the first educational collection of minerals. In the building of the Twelve Collegiums for the Museum were allocated the most beautiful rooms overlooking the Neva and the historical center of the city. The interiors of the XIX century have survived to this day.

Currently, the exposition exhibits more than 4000 samples - about 1500 mineral species.

In the museum you can see all types of chemical compounds known on Earth, get acquainted with minerals - sources of many minerals. Samples are presented in the form of magnificent crystals and their aggregates, collected by mineralogists of the University and their colleagues in different parts of not only our country, but also around the world. The museum exhibits personal collections of famous scientists and collectors, such as Ernst Karlovich Hoffman, Mikhail Vasilyevich Erofeev, Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev, Archbishop Neil Yaroslavsky and others.