Geology Museum (Romania)

Geology Museum (Romania)

The National Geology Museum is hosted by the building built in 1906 for the Geological Institute of Romania. The building was designed by the Victor Ştefănescu using the neo-Brâncovenesc style, and was declared an architectural monument. The museum hosts a collection of 80,000 samples of rocks, fossils, and minerals from Romania.

External links

* [http://www.geology.ro/ geology.ro: Official page]


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