USA, GEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS

Alphabetical by state

Alab. Alas. Ariz. Arka. Cali. Colo. Conn. DCol. Dela. Flor. Geor. Hawa. Idah. Illi. Indi. Iowa Kans. Kent. Loui. Main. Mary. Massa. Michi. Minne. Missi. Misso. Mont. Nebr. Neva. NCar.  NDak. NHam. NJer. NMex. NYor. Ohio Okla. Oreg. Penn. Rhod. SCar. SDak. Tenn. Texa. Utah Verm. Virg. Wash. Wisc. WVir. Wyom.

Society of Mineral Museum Professionals SMMP

Alabama
Anniston, Museum of Natural History  (geology collection)

Arizona
Tucson, Desert Mineral Museum  
Tucson, University of Arizona Mineral Museum
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California
Berkeley, The University of California Museum of Paleontology
La Brea, George C. Page Museum of La Brea Tar Pits (fossils)
Los Angeles, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Mariposa, California State Mining & Mineral Museum  
San Diego, Natural History Museum (local fossils)
San Francisco, Natural History Museum, Gem & Mineral Hall + Life Through Time
San Francisco, The great 1906 Earthquake and Fire, Museum of the City
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Colorado
Denver Museum of Natural History
    Coors Mineral Hall
    Prehistoric Journey
Golden, Geology Museum, Colorado Schools of Mines
Idaho Springs, Phoenix Gold Mine
Morrison, Dinosaur Ridge
Silverton, Old Hundred Gold Mine  
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Connecticut
New Haven, Peabody Museum of National History,   
                    Mineralogy   
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District Columbia
Washington National Museum of Natural History
    Department of Mineral Sciences
    Department of Paleobiology
    Gem & Mineral Collection
    Paleobiology Collections On-Line  
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Georgia
Cartersville, William Weinman Mineral Museum  
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Illinois
Chicago, Field Museum, Earth Sciences (geology, minerals, rocks, gems, fossils, plate tectonics)
                Entering Underground Adventure  
Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Geology Collection (>200,000 specimens: fossil mammals >50,000 specimens, >6,700 rocks & minerals)
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Hawaii
Honolulu, Community College, Dinosaur Exhibition  
Kekaha, Kaua'i Island, Koke'e Natural History Museum (local geology, Waimea Canyon)  
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Indiana
Goshen, College Museum (minerals, rocks, fossils)
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Kansas
Emporia, Johnston Geology Museum  
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Kentucky
Marion, Clement Mineral Museum  
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Michigan
Houghton, A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum MTU  
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Montana
Bozeman, Museum of the Rockies, Paleontology Department
Butte, Mineral Museum
Butte, World Museum of Mining  
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New Jersey
Franklin, Franklin Mineral Museum (mine, fluorescent minerals)
Franklin, Franklin Mineral Museum
Newark, Rutgers University Geology Museum  
Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill Mining Museum (mine, fluorescent minerals)
Ogdensburg, Sterling Hill Mining Museum (mine, fluorescent minerals)
Trenton, New Jersey State Museum (dinosaurs)
Trenton, New Jersey State Museum   
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New Mexico
Soccorro, Mineral Museum, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
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New York
Albany, Geological Collections, New York State Geological Survey
New York, American Museum of Natural History (fossils, minerals)
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North Carolina
Asheville, Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum  
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Ohio
Cleveland, Natural History Museum, Reinberger Hall of Earth & Planetary Exploration
Cleveland, Natural History Museum (invertebrate & vertebrate paleontology, paleobotany, mineralogy)
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Oregon
Hillsboro, Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals  
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Pennsylvania  
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
                    Hillman Hall of Minerals & Gems  
                    Invertebrate Paleontology  
                    Paleobotany  
                    Vertebrate Paleontology  
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South Dakota
Rapid City, Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 
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Tennessee
Knoxville, Geology & Fossils of Tennessee, McClung Museum
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Texas
Austin, Texas Memorial Museum, Collections of the Vertebrate & Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratories  
Fort Worth, Museum of Science & History, Dino Dig, Lone Star Dinosaurs  
Houston, Museum of Natural Science, Paleontology, Earth & Mineral Sciences
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Virginia
Blacksburg, Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History, Research Collections: fossil plants, fossil animals, minerals
Harrisonburg, James Madison University Mineral Museum
  
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Washington
Seattle, Fossil Vertebrates, Burke Museum, University
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Wisconsin  
Milwaukee, Public Museum, Geology Section  
                Dinosaur Extinction  
                Virtual Silurian Reef  
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Wyoming
Thermopolis, Wyoming Dinosaur Center (large dinosaur fossil quarries)
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