The House of minerals

The House of Minerals has grown from a rich private collection of an amateur collector Jože Rihtar from Velenje, who has been collecting minerals for a number of years.

The House of Minerals which is operating under the auspice of the Velenje Museum, exhibits over 15,000 samples of minerals collected from all over the world. In addition to the exhibition of minerals, a number of workshops for pre-school and school children as well as other groups are organised in the House of Minerals. In cooperation with the Slovenian Museum of Natural History, the Geological Survey of Slovenia and other experts from the field of mineralogy, palaeontology and gemmology, different lectures are organised at the House of Minerals, in addition to periodical guest exhibitions.

T: +386 3 898 26 30

hisa.mineralov@muzej-velenje.si
www.muzej-velenje.si/hisamineralov

During the MetalDays festival, visiting the museum is free.