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This 15,000 square foot space is the current home of the museum with more than 2,500 fossils, gemstones, meteorites, minerals, and mining artifacts. The name of the museum was changed from, the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, to Mines Museum of Earth Science, in 2019 during rebranding initiated by Executive Director, Renata Lafler.
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The Western Museum of Mining & Industry is a museum at 225 North Gate Boulevard in Colorado Springs, Colorado, dedicated to the mining history and industrial technology of the western United States. The museum was founded in 1970, and has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1979. [ 1 ]
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The museum is organized as theme galleries, interactive displays, and temporary exhibits, as well as research collections and office space. It holds some 10,000 specimens, of which about 1,000 are on display at any given time. Museum staff actively engages in public outreach through school tours.
Historically, this area was noted for the production of zinc and lead, and the current Museum reflects this. [2] Adjacent to the museum is an open-air collection of historical mining equipment. As of 2023, the museum stated they were undertaking a major project to refit the museum's outdated displays, some of which dated back to the 1970s.
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The museum opened in 1975 as the BC Museum of Mining. Mill 3 underwent a $5 million exterior rehabilitation between 2005 and 2007 to replace the siding, roof, and windows. After an additional $14.7 million redevelopment project, the museum was renamed the Britannia Mine Museum in October 2010.