Museo del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM

5 Andy Martinez - 5 years ago

The building has a gorgeous arquitectural style of traditional older buildings you will find in this neighborhood. The entrance also shows there are collections upstairs which were sadly closed during my visit. The main room looks a bit small until you explore the adjacent rooms all with their own themes derived from stones, crystals and fossils. You would never think such an outstanding collection can be this well hidden.

5 Reynaldo Santos-Basurto - 3 years ago

This the bigger collection in exhibition in Mexico city, it is so wonderful and you're gonna learn a lot about geology and Earth! ????????

4 Emma Wakelin - 4 years ago

Great building, with a well laid out exhibit. Just a shame no curation in English

5 Paula García - 3 years ago

An awesome place!
A real cultural treasure of mankind.

4 Juan Pablo Martín - 5 years ago

Beautifull Building, some cool fossils and a full Mamoth squeleton. It also holds meteorites and rocks from all over Mexico

4 Luke - 6 years ago

This is such a hidden gem! The entry has a beautiful classic architecture. At first glance, the museum appears to be just a little room. But after you pay the 20 pesos and go in, you discover that there are doors that lead to more rooms which have hallways to more rooms which have stairwells to more rooms! It is really an adventure just to explore the place. The main floor has a seemingly endless array of sparkling minerals, mysterious rocks, and beautiful stones. Once you find the stairwell downstairs, you'll get to interact with a number of machines that teach about geology. Admittedly, the museum is a bit out of date. The downstairs technology seems from a decade ago, and the exhibits refer to places like Czhechoslavakia, but if you enjoy beautiful marble and crystals, you'll enjoy this museum that is far from the beaten museum path for tourists.

5 Scott - 4 years ago

Great geology Museum. Tons of artifact from everywhere in the world. Every rock and mineral imaginable. They even have a respectable collection of meteorites. And don't miss the interactive exhibits downstairs. There's a great rock wall simulation of a cross-section of Earth. It's small enough to stand in touch, but large enough to accurately depict strata and intrusions and sediment and everything else.

The building that houses this museum is also fantastic. Beautiful old architecture.

The only thing I would change is to add more specific Mexico City geology exhibits.