Housed in the Palais de Rumine since 1906, it offers two exhibition galleries, one dedicated to mineralogy and geology, the other to paleontology. The mineralogy exhibition, constantly enriched, presents visitors with splendid crystals from all over the world, including a unique collection of faceted stones from the Swiss Alps with large pink fluorites. The area devoted to fluorescent minerals is the largest in the country. Only a small part of the impressive paleontology collection is on display. These include remarkable specimens of ichthyosaurs, giant palms and ammonites, as well as the original skeleton of the most complete mammoth discovered in Switzerland. Plant and animal fossils from the Lausanne region are also on display. The monsters of the Mesozoic era are not forgotten, with a replica of the skeleton of the only complete dinosaur found in Switzerland, or that of a winged pterosaur, not forgetting the impressive skull of a tyrannosaur.


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