Museum (Silke's favourites)   Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Presolar diamonds extracted from Allende by Silke Merchel     Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Only a few meteorites on display (in different rooms) from a big collection, but the dinosaur hall (with a piece of Mont-Dieu) is superb!!!   Natural History Museum - Copenhagen, Denmark In front of the museum Cape York "Agpalilik (the Man)" (was about 20 t before cutting)       Musée de minéralogie - École des Mines de Paris, France Some meteorites in mineralogical collection: e.g. Ensisheim, Canyon Diablo     Georg-August-University Göttingen Geoscience Centre, GZG, Germany One of the oldest collections in the world (from 1777) - also with new pieces like Kharga (Egypt, 2000)     Bergbaumuseum, Bochum, Germany Only one meteorite in mineralogical collection: Gibeon     Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany very "old" and valuable collection (here: 215 kg Gibeon & a meteoritics scientist from 2004 (top) & pieces from the Chladni collection (bottom))     Planetarium, Bochum, Germany small pieces of Canyon Diablo (shown here) and "others" can be seen while waiting for excellent "Planetarium show"     Kulturhistorische Museum Magdeburg, Germany  a 12 kg piece of Gibeon plus smaller pieces of Dhofar 1085 (lunar) & HaH 285 (howardite) Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany unexpected display of Brenham meteorite and further information (for kids)     Rieskrater-Museum, Nördlingen, Germany excellent exhibition - not only about the Nördlinger Ries impact here a piece of Canyon Diablo     Planetario Ulrico Hoepli, Milano, Italy small, but nice display - including Martian meteorite   Post Street Mall, Windhoek, Namibia (not a museum, but nice display of Gibeon pieces in the pedestrian zone of Windhoek)     Muzeum Ziemi, Faculty of Geographical and  Geological Sciences Poznan, UAM, Poland small selection of meteorites, but with big and wonderful pieces of Morasko e.g. one piece of 261.8 kg (shown here) ! see also the Morasko strewn field nearby!     Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland small collection within "mixed" museum     Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, Tenerife, Spain single meteorite on display within "mixed" interactive science museum (55 kg chondrite from Mahbes region, Sahara)     Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK very small collection within "mixed" museum (Sikhote-Alin, Henbury, Huckhitta, Gibeon,...)     The National History Museum, London, UK highlights of the collection on display including Martian meteorites & presolar grains     The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK highlights of the collection on display including Martian meteorites & presolar grains     American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA Cape York Ahnighito ("the tent") weight approx. 31t     Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA unfortunately closed on weekends, therefore, no meteorite pictures here     OSCAR E. MONNIG METEORITE GALLERY, Fort Worth, Texas, USA One of the best collections, I have ever seen! Great meteorites and extraordinary presentation! (here: "Scurry" found 1937 in Texas (right) & "Arispe" found 1896 in Mexico (left))     The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA

 

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