New Mexico Mineral Museum

09/04/2026

We are all set up at the Grant County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Show! Swing on by to view part of Rex Nelson's New Mexico Collection! Here are the show hours:
Friday, September 4, from 10AM to 5PM
Saturday, September 5, from 10AM to 5PM
Sunday, September 6, from 10 AM to 4 PM

The show schedule can be found here: https://grantcountyrockhounds.org/schedule/

09/01/2026

08/04/2026

It’s New Mexico meets Michigan! Museum senior curator John Rakovan was invited to speak as the 2026 Henrich Lecturer at the Keweenaw Mineral Day at Michigan Tech. In addition to spending time at the A.E Seaman Mineral Museum with another curator and friend John (John Jaszczak!), he also toured the famous Quincy Copper Mine and Smelter. The famous Quincy mine was one of largest producers of copper in late 1800s.

06/17/2026

Want to learn more about minerals? The second installment of Lite Geology, focused on crystals, is free and available for download!

Ready to learn more about crystals? You're in luck. Here's the latest edition of Lite Geology, Crystals Part II! Thank you to our writers, editors, production staff, and thank you for reading! Lite Geology 57 is available for free download at:
https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/litegeology .

06/16/2026

We are closed this coming Friday and Saturday. Have a nice weekend!

06/08/2026

Happy Mineral Monday folks! We just added two additional shelves of Joan Massagué minerals for you to admire :)

05/11/2026

The Mineral Museum will still be open, but the bookstore will be representin' the NMBGMR at the Rocky Mountain GSA meeting in ABQ during this time.

05/05/2026

Have you experienced our newest guest exhibit? In the fall of 2025, mineral collector Don Dallaire curated a fabulous display of worldwide apatites and White Mountain New Hampshire Igneous Province pegmatite minerals. If you haven’t seen this display in person, please stop on by. Big thanks to Don and all of the collectors who have shared their personal collections with museum visitors!

The guest exhibits are some of the most dynamic in the museum, as they are set up each fall. The display is fashioned entirely by the collector, not much different than an artist painting a masterpiece!