Mineral & Lapidary Museum of Henderson County

09/10/2026

09/09/2026

Hello folks. Apple festive 2026 is done. It was a great festival with the museum packed most days. Now we get ready for the leaf peepers and the return of all the locals. Its a great time for all our local friends to visit the museum. It's quiet, it's peaceful and we can give personalized tours again. Come see the new meteroite display.
Pisgah Astronomical Research institute and Mineral and lapidary museum has partnered to give you a look at exteresteral mater as is. Including a moon rock.

12/31/2025

Time to visit MLM. Looks like everybody else was here today.

12/15/2025

Brrrrrrr... it's cold outside. But it's nice and warm at MLM.

03/23/2025

Come see the teeth

03/16/2025

01/22/2025

Hey y'all. Winter hours mean fewer folks visiting the museum. This is a great time for all our local folks to visit. You can recieve personal tours from one of the volunteers. Our director Tom Lapp will be here and he is a cornucopia of knowledge about everything in the museum. Come visit. We will keep the heat on for ya.

01/05/2025

Hey everyone!!! We are operating under winter hours now. And wow is it cold this week. Wednesday thru Friday 1 pm until 5 pm. Saturday 11 till 5 pm.

12/22/2024

We will be open Christmas eve. 1 pm until 5 pm. Come on in and see some new and special mineral speciums on display. Two new displays installed in the last few months. Geodes were shinning bright yesterday with some rare and special minerals inside. We can open a few for you for under the tree on Monday and Tuesday.