Trinity College Dublin Geological Museum

Description

The Trinity College Dublin (TCD) Geology Museum houses teaching and research collections, the first of which were acquired in 1777. The collections comprise over 100,000 specimens with a focus on Ireland, but there are specimens collected worldwide. The main paleontological holdings include Irish Silurian and Carboniferous invertebrates, Devonian plant fossils, Mesozoic ostracods, Upper Palaeozoic miospores and casts of Mesozoic marine reptiles. The Museum holds nearly 200 type specimens.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Patrick Wyse Jackson
Telephone: +353 1896 1477
email: wysjcknp@tcd.ie

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Una Farrell
Telephone: +353 852543160
email: farrelu@tcd.ie

Trinity College Dublin Geological Museum
Unit 24, Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus, Macken Street, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin
D02 WR66
Dublin
IE
email: geologicalmuseum@tcd.ie