U-M partners with Michigan Tech on historic mineral collection

In a historic partnership, the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will share ownership of its rich mineral collection with the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum at Michigan Technological University.

The Seaman Mineral Museum, the official mineral museum of the state of Michigan, will curate and exhibit specimens from the U-M collection at Michigan Tech. The mineral museum also will create and maintain mineral displays on the U-M campus.

“We are fortunate to partner with Michigan Tech and the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum to preserve (the collection’s) legacy and to ensure that it gets the attention that it rightfully deserves,” say U-M Chris Poulsen, chair of the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in LSA.

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