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Thames School of Mines Mineralogical Museum

Thames School of Mines Mineralogical Museum Review

The School of Mines provided practical instruction to the gold miners of the mid-1880s; the museum was established in 1900 to exhibit geological samples. The school closed decades ago, but the museum's still kicking, displaying those turn-of-the-20th-century rock specimens along with scales, models of stamper batteries, and other gold-mining paraphernalia.

    Contact Information

  • Address: Brown and Cochrane Sts., Thames, 3500 | Map It
  • Phone: 07/868-6227
  • Cost: $5
  • Hours: Wed.--Sun. 11--3.
  • Location: Thames

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