All University Museums close for the end of term break after Sunday, May 12, 2013.
Old College Main Gallery will reopen on May 29 – June 28 with summer hours (Wed-Sat 12:00-4:00 pm). The Mineralogical Museum will be open by appointment only during the summer.
MUSEUM
INFORMATION
30 North College Ave.
Newark, DE 19716
Hours:
Wed-Sun 12:00-5:00 pm
Thur - 12:00-8:00 pm
Closed during University breaks and holidays
Parking:
Parking for the Mechanical Hall Gallery is in Trabant University Center Garage located between Delaware Avenue and Main St.
Phone:
302-831-8037 or
302-831-8088
universitymuseums@udel.edu
255 Academy St.
Newark, DE 19716
Hours:
Wed-Sun 12:00-5:00 pm
Thur - 12:00-8:00 pm
Closed during University breaks and holidays
Parking:
Parking for the Mineralogical Museum is in Perkins Garage located on Academy Street.
Phone:
302-831-6557 (Curator)
302-831-8037 (Information)
302-831-4940 (Museum)
universitymuseums@udel.edu
18 East Main St.
Newark, DE 19716
Hours:
Wed-Sun 12:00-5:00 pm
Thur - 12:00-8:00 pm
Closed during University breaks and holidays
Parking:
Parking for the Old College Gallery is in Trabant University Center Garage located between Delaware Avenue and Main St.
Phone:
302-831-8037
302-831-6589
universitymuseums@udel.edu
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MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM
Michigan Copper Exhibit
The minerals exhibited here are from the collection of Irenee du Pont, Sr. (1876 – 1963), whose collection was gifted to the University of Delaware in 1964. Du Pont purchased much of his collection from George Kunz, Vice-President of Tiffany & Co., in 1919. This display emphasizes minerals from extinct localities – deposits that have been mined out or even mines that have vanished into later open pit mining operations.
Two boxes of tourmaline crystals are part of a set of four fitted boxes with specimens from the Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, acquired from Kunz. The Himalaya Mine opened in 1898 and was the world’s largest producer of tourmalines, largely exported to China for carving as snuff bottles and other small objects.
The lead and bismuth specimens in this display are important rarities, as these elements are almost always found in combination with other elements in minerals and not in their native states.
