University of Arizona Mineral Museum

The University of Arizona Mineral Museum (UAMM) is a mineralogy museum located in the Pima County Courthouse in downtown Tucson, Arizona.

A fragment of Moon rock and a flag of Arizona state which was taken to the Moon and back by Apollo 17 in 1972, on display at the museum

Collections

The museum was started in 1892, and houses over 24,000 specimens from around the world, including meteorites, micromounts, and mining artifacts. Minerals from Arizona and Mexico are particularly well represented. Over 2,000 specimens are on display.

Also featured are a selection of oil paintings, depicting miners and mining, by Delaware artist William Davidson White (1896-1971).

External links

• Official website
• The Mineralogical Record Museum of Art