Mineral Museum

Geology can be fun

I thought I knew something about mineral and mining but most of my information came from reality TV John Foley the curator of the museum taught me more about silver and copper and lead in chemistry of...

Beautiful, fast and free

One very large room with fantastic gems and minerals. My kids loved to look at the giant quart, the gold and silver, the fossils and meteorites. 30 min visit max with small kids. Awesome

So many minerals to admire

I really liked the Mineral Museum at the university of Butte. I took my time and explored everything. There were all kind of colors. Everything was well indicated. There were some fossils as ...

Very interesting - Self Guided

Free! As part of the college, it is in a great old building on top of a hill. Wonderful views of Butte. If you like gems and minerals and history, you will like this little 'gem' of a museum.

Great collection

This is a most wonderful collection of rocks and minerals from around the world. There are 10 meteorites in the museum and anyone who is interested in geology or earth science should visit. The admi...