This exhibition offers you the chance to take a closer look at some of them, which bear witness to our planet’s fascinating history.
Temporary Exhibition at the Toulouse Museum
Originating deep inside the Earth’s core, minerals have always been a source of fascination to humans. Their surprising, sometimes geometrical, sometimes abstract forms, their colours and transparencies, make them true marvels of nature.
Mined for millennia for their exceptional properties, they are now an omnipresent feature of our daily lives: from the simplest objects to the most sophisticated technologies. Minerals are precious, often strategic resources, and some even have geopolitical importance.
The collections housed at the Toulouse Natural History Museum contain more than 9,000 mineral samples.
Dates and times:
october 2, 2026, through July 4, 2027
open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
annual closures: January 1, May 1, and December 25
closed on Mondays
More information :
duration of visit: 1 hour
french/english
access for people with disabilities
for information on special and early closing dates, as well as all our prices and the terms for discounts and free admission, please see our practical information.
