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5. Iglesias – Mining Art Museum

The Mining Institute includes two museums: the Museo dell’Arte Mineraria (Mining Art Museum) and the Museo di Mineralogia (Museum of Mineralogy). In 1998, some “miners” created the Museo dell’Arte Mineraria. The aim was to preserve and show many of the things that allowed the miner to dominate the rock and, by studying and creating new equipment, become the architect of a mining culture that for centuries has been the center of social and economic life in large parts of our island and worldwide. The Istituto Minerario was founded in 1871 under the auspices of the Engineer Quintino Sella, Minister of Finance of the Italian Government. The entire museum collection includes almost 3800 mineralogical, petrographic, and fossil specimens from all over the world,  plus a collection of about a hundred archaeological finds on mining activities from Nuragic, Phoenician-Punic, Roman, Pisan medieval, and Aragonese era. A collection of specimens that represents the specific identity of the Iglesiente territory and collects the didactic, mineralogical, and paleontological collections consisting of local minerals and fossils and specimens from ore deposits distributed throughout the regional, national, and global territory.

Superlatives:

It is the largest mineralogy museum in Sardinia, housing 4,000 minerals.

Useful information:

Opening days and hours: Opening hours vary. Usually on weekends; during the summer, also on other days. Check out our website for updated opening information

Recommended visit duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Disabled access: yes, for details see website

Facilities for children: no

Picnic area: no

Gift shop: no

Email: infoturistiche@comune.iglesias.ca.it

Online ticket purchase: Iglesias Turismo Tickets

Phone: +39 0781 274507

Website: www.iglesiasturismo.it/museo-istituto-minerario

Address: Via Roma 47, 09016 Iglesias

Geolocation: 39.31147135132973, 8.531985713991098