Museo Geológico Nacional de Ingeominas, Geology museum in Teusaquillo, Colombia.
The Museo Geológico Nacional de Ingeominas displays fossils, minerals, and rocks that document Colombia's geological diversity from ancient times to the present. The collections show remains of extinct animals and rocks from different elevations across the country.
The museum was established to collect and study Colombia's geological finds, particularly remains from the Ice Age era. Its collections show how the land changed over long periods of time.
The museum is named after a prominent Colombian geologist and presents how different rock types and fossils have shaped the landscape that people see today. Visitors learn to understand nature differently after seeing what the collections reveal.
The museum is located in a residential neighborhood of Bogota and can be reached by public transportation or car. Advance planning is recommended as access is often organized around specific visiting times.
A special part of the collection features minerals that glow under ultraviolet light and reveal completely different colors than in daylight. This phenomenon makes visible how complex the inner structure of rocks can be.
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