Closed to the public on Thursday 24 July 2025 for maintenance work.
The mineralogical material from this collection was handed over to Prof. Luigi Bombicci, head of the chair of Mineralogy and Director of the Museum of the same name. Regularly enriched with new donations and by a complex system of exchanges, the Museum now possesses fifty thousand pieces, ten thousand of which are on display in the following collections: Systematic Mineralogical, Italian Regional Mineralogical, Bolognese Mineralogical-Petrographical, Systematic Petrographical, Ancient and Modern Stones of Architect Sarti, Meteorites, Ambers. Minor but significant collections include: Fluorescent Minerals, Ancient optical instruments, and Lithic materials used by man since Pre-historic times. The description is taken from SMA - University Museum System Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna The museum is part of SMA - Sistema Museale d'Ateneo Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
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Collezione di Mineralogia "Museo Luigi Bombicci"
Piazza di Porta S. Donato 1, 40126
Telephone: +39 051 2094922
Email: sma.mineralogia@unibo.it
Site/minisite/other: http://www.sma.unibo.it/il-sistema-museale/museo-di-mineralogia-luigi-bombicci/museo-di-mineralogia-luigi-bombicci
Entrance
Free
Interests
- Art & Culture
Details
Accessibility
Accessible for the disable people
Timetables
Winter hours
September - May | Tuesday to Friday: 9 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.
Summer hours
June | Tuesday to Friday: 10 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.
July | Wednesday to Sunday: 9 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.
August | Closed
Special Closures
1 and 6 January, Easter and Easter Monday, 25 April, 1 May, 2 June, 24 July, August, 4 October, 1 November, 8, 24, 25 and 26 December.