Museu de Geologia Fernando Real - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
| Title | Museu de Geologia Fernando Real - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) UTAD Geology Museum |
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| Institution | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) |
| Year of opening | 1986 |
| Description | The UTAD Geology Museum, was founded in 1985 by Prof. Doctor Fernando Real, noted geologist and Rector of the Universitary Institute of Tras-os-Montes that the following year would become the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro. To create the Museum contributed greatly the teachers who made up the Department of Geology at the time. The Museum is located in the Geosciences Building, which is the core of the Campus. This scientific museum has an approximate area of 250 square meters. Started practically with the personal collections of minerals, rocks and fossils of its founder and other supporters. Today, the Geology Museum possesses a valuable collection of several thousand samples from around the world, where the main Portuguese mines are represented by wonderful specimens of minerals and ores. The enthusiasm and the collaboration of numerous benefactors has proved crucial in the development of our museum, by enriching the collections of minerals, rocks and fossils specimens. The UTAD Geology Museum has as its primary objective, to create a living space where UTAD students and visitors, particularly students and teachers of all the schools in the area, find answers to the many issues related to the earth sciences and the incentive to performing works, investigation projects and "research" in the various fields of geology. Another set of objectives of UTAD Geology Museum is to promote the dissemination of science and geological resources, as well as the technical and cultural development of our university, stimulating and enabling interaction with other partners in various scientific and technical fields and education. (in www.roteirodeminas.pt) |
| Mineral display arrangement | Long-term exhibition of minerals, rocks, and fossils from Portugal and other countries, organised in an educational format, and incorporated as part of the Geology Museum. |
| Museum Address | Quinta de Prados Museu de Geologia Fernando Real, UTAD Vila Real Vila Real Portugal |
| Contact email | museugeo@utad.pt |
| Website address | http://www.utad.pt/vPT/Area2/OutrasUnidades/MuseuGeologia/OMuseu/Paginas/O-Museu.aspx |
| Mindat Locality region | Folhadela, Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal |
Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal