The Musée de Minéralogie of the École des Mines de Paris

Eloïse Gaillou, Didier Nectoux

Nestled in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Musée de Minéralogie of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris is home to nearly 100,000 mineral, rock, meteorite and gem specimens that comprise one of the world's largest national mineralogy collections.

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Nestled in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Musée of Minéralogie of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris is home to nearly 100,000 mineral, rock, meteorite and gem specimens that comprise one of the world's largest national mineralogy collections. This "inventory of the Earth," under way since 1794 for scientific, educational and industrial purposes, is presented to visitors in a magnificent setting featuring wood display cabinets that have remained intact since the 19th century. The museum's rich assembly of remarkable, fascinating and beautiful samples invites us to travel through geological time, and to journey through the history of humankind and our complex relationship with the inestimable treasures that nature offers us.

Didier Nectoux & Éloïse Gaillou

Authors of The Musée de Minéralogie, director of the Musée de Minéralogie de l’École des Mines & curator of the Musée de Minéralogie de l’École des Mines

Since the earliest days of humanity, minerals have fascinated us. Their sparkle, their colors attract our gaze and arouse the desire to collect them.