Minerals and Rocks Museum

The Museum of Minerals and Rocks is an institution linked to the Department of Geology of the Federal University of Pernambuco since 1967, maintaining under its tutelage more than 5000 geological samples obtained since the beginning of the 1950s.

It is located in the Center for Technology and Geosciences, with an air-conditioned exhibition space, featuring more than 700 minerals and rocks representing the terrestrial formation of Northeast Brazil. It also maintains several didactic collections from outside Brazil and created by its founders.