Museu Geológico da Bahia, Geology museum in the Corredor da Vitória, Salvador, Brazil
The Museu Geológico da Bahia holds more than 20,000 geological objects including minerals, rocks, meteorites, gems, and fossils spread across several exhibition halls. The collection displays the range of natural materials found and studied in the Bahia region.
The museum was founded in 1975 to preserve Bahia's geological heritage and make it accessible to the public. Since then, it has worked to build understanding about the region's natural history and resources.
The museum's "Energia dos Cristais" room links gems, semiprecious stones, crystal balls and shell crafts to chromotherapy, a practice the museum presents as an ancient human use of crystals. In 2013 the room drew criticism for its pseudoscientific content; the director replied that a museum should serve a pluralistic public. Another room is devoted to Otto Billian, founder of the Empresa Baiana de Minerais.
The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 1 PM to 6 PM and weekends from 1 PM to 5 PM with no entry fee. Allow plenty of time to move through the different exhibition areas at a comfortable pace.
The museum displays a reproduction of a massive meteorite discovered in Monte Santo in 1784, one of Brazil's largest. This particular exhibit draws visitors fascinated by space and extraordinary natural discoveries.
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