Museum of Mineralogy / Native Gold Collection

The majority of samples belong to the deposit of Roşia Montană (Alba county), but also to other traditional mining regions of the "gold-bearing tetragon" of the West Carpathians (Bucium-Baia de Arieş, Brad-Săcărâmb, Zlatna-Stănija, etc.) or of the Baia Mare region (Cavnic). One can also see lamellae of alluvial gold obtained after washing gold-bearing sand.

Famous gold-bearing regions of the entire world are also represented in this collection: the Ural Mountains (crystals of up to 2 mm from Neviansk) and Siberia (Russia), Cornwall (United Kingdom), California (USA), Mexico, Columbia, Venezuela.

Program and Fares

Tuesday–Friday: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Announcement

The Museum of Mineralogy will be closed from December 5 to 8, 2023, for technical reasons. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. We will welcome you back to the Museum starting Tuesday, December 12, 2023, during the regular opening hours (10:00 AM to 4:00 PM).

Please remember that on the weekend of December 16–17, the Museum of Mineralogy will be open from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

The Mineralogy Museum of Babeș-Bolyai University (BBU) will also be open to the public on weekends!

“Romania’s Mineral Treasures” is a travelling exhibition organised by the Victor Gorduza County Museum of Mineralogy in Baia Mare in partnership with five other institutions, including the BBU Mineralogy Museum. The exhibition presents Romania’s impressive mineralogical heritage and contains rare and spectacular specimens, including world-first described mineral species.

To facilitate the public’s visit to the exhibition, the BBU Mineralogy Museum will be open every third weekend throughout this event. Thus, in addition to the usual visiting hours (Tuesday–Friday 10:00 AM–4:00 PM), we are looking forward to welcoming you to the museum on November 18–19, 2023, December 16–17, 2023, and January 20–21, 2024, between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM.

The admission tickets (pupils, students, and pensioners–5 lei; adults–10 lei; pre-school children, students, and BBU employees–free of charge) allow you to visit both the temporary exhibition (“Romania’s Mineral Treasures”) and the permanent collections (Mineral Systematics, Meteorites, Precious Stones).

The Mineralogy Museum is located in the main building of Babeș-Bolyai University, Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, no. 1, ground floor (access to the building is from Emmanuel de Martonne Street).

Adults: 10 lei

Pupils, students, retirees: 5 lei

Organised groups of at least 5 persons (adults)/ticket price per person: 8 lei

Admission is free of charge for preschool children, students and BBU employees, based on the student ID card and the employee ID card, respectively.

Contact: Address

BBU Main Building, M. Kogălniceanu Street, no.1, Cluj-Napoca

The Museum of Mineralogy (halls P2-P4) can be accessed through the building's main entrance, the central hall on the first level (left).

E-mail mineralogie.muzee@ubbcluj.ro
Phone+40 264 405300 int. 5121, +40 747027389

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Museum of Mineralogy / Native Gold Collection