NHM
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Opened 1889
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/museum/geschichte__architektur/ein_neues_museumCollections
The collections of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrography comprise a total of about 150.000 catalogued objects (the effective number of pieces is of course considerably higher). About 15% of the total inventory is on public display (in the case of the mineral collection it is even a fifth of the inventory). The public displays are distributed among 5 large exhibition halls, numbered Hall I-V (after entering the Museum, turn right and go up the stairs to visit Hall I). The significance of the mineral collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna lies in their rich content of objects from occurrences within the former area of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy and of the Alps. However, the collection also represents many "classic" deposits of Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Italy and other countries. Purchases of specimens on todays' broadly varied mineral market focus, taking into account the modest financial means available, mainly on minerals from Austria, Alpine-type mineral assemblages (Alps and comparable areas), selected pegmatite assemblages (e.g., Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal), new gemstones and semiprecious stones, as well as ornamental and synthetic material, and manipulated and fake jewelry. Also purchased are newly discovered meteorites and rare mineral species completing our systematic collection.
https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en/research/mineralogy__petrography/collections/the_mineral_collectionResearch
Current research comprises mainly the scientific study of meteorites (and classification of new meteorites) and impact craters (two new impact structures were confirmed in the last few years), of gemstones and rare minerals (and their crystal structures), and of ore deposits and various mineral occurrences. Since 2007, more than 30 new mineral species were described by department staff and Dan Topa (Central Research Laboratories). Furthermore, historical aspects are studied scientifically.
Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria
Besuchereingang: Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien / Vienna, Austria
Also see their magazine:
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,2530.0.htmlhttp://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en/museum/staff/mineralogy__petrographyMineralogy
Kolitsch Uwe / Head of the Department for Mineralogy & Petrography, curator of the ore deposit collection
Hammer Vera M. F. / Staff scientist, head of the mineral collection, head of the State Gem Institute
Ferrière Ludovic / Staff scientist, curator of the meteorite collection, curator of the impactite collection
Walter-Roszjár Julia / Staff scientist, co-curator of the meteorite collection
Pittarello Lidia / Staff scientist, curator of the rock collection
Berger Anna / Collection manager
Mayr Nina / Secretary
Batic Goran / Preparator
Schalko Clemens / Collection assistant
Associated Scientists
Brandstätter Franz / Associated scientist
Topa Dan / Associated scientist
Volunteers
Bachmann Peter / Volunteer
Dworzak Franz / Volunteer
Sofianos Konstantina / Volunteer
Uwe Kolitsch
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,4954.0.htmlDan Topa
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,10772.0.htmlVera Hammer
http://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,7749.0.htmlLudovic Ferrière
https://www.strahlen.org/forum/index.php/topic,29754.0.htmlAlso see:
https://www.strahlen.org/vp/au/nhm/nhm.php (outdated)
https://www.mindat.org/museum-32.html