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 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
Timetables
From 1 September to 30 June
Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm*
*Last admission 30 minutes before closing time
Closed:
From 1 July to 31 August
Mondays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and throughout July and August
On days when the museum is closed, guided tours, educational workshops and events may be scheduled.
