EPS Museums

The Silver Family Geology Museum

The Silver Family Geology Museum was established in the 1930's by Stuart Northrop (after whom our building is named) and provides public exhibits of mineral, fossil, and rock specimens. The material on display represents a small portion of the geological collections of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Students can tour UNM’s Silver Family Geology Museum which displays mineral, fossil, and rock specimens. This collection includes nearly 20,000 catalogued specimens that are utilized in research, teaching, and as reference materials.

Visit Us

The Geology Museum is located in the Departmnet of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Northrop Hall on UNM's main campus.

Monday - Friday: 
8 AM - 12 PM
1 PM -4:30 PM

We can be reached at 505-277-4204.

If you are planning on bringing a group we ask that you call to schedule the museum for your visit.
The museum will not schedule tours during finals week of the fall and spring semester.

The Meteorite Musuem

The Institute of Meteoritics hosts the meteorite museum, which displays many fine samples of stony, stony iron, and iron meteorites from the institute’s collection. Please see the Institute of Meteoritics website for details and operating hours of the meteorite musesum.