Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology
Minerals, rocks, fossils, mammoth tusks, maps and more!

Visit us at 111 Fairgrounds Road — Rolla Map Google Map

Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology

In addition to minerals, rocks, fossils, mammoth tusks and maps, numerous historic items used throughout the long history of the division are now on display for the first time. The museum boasts a computer program that depicts earthquake occurrences in the New Madrid Seismic Zone as well as worldwide.  Tools that were used by staff when the division was created more than 150 years ago are on display, along with information about past state geologists.

Ed Clark Museum of Missouri GeologyThe museum provides a background for division
staff to share with both adults and children the importance of our state's natural resources and highlights the fossils, rocks and minerals that
are found in our state.

The museum also identifies the role that the division plays in the management and protection of these resources.  The museum is named for Edward L. Clark, State Geologist from 1944 to 1955. 

 

Self-guided tours are available to the public weekdays from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Click to see mapMissouri Department of Natural Resources
Division of Geology and Land Survey
111 Fairgrounds Road, Rolla
Phone 573-368-2100