Masutomi Museum of Geoscience

益富地学会館

Located next to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Masutomi Museum of Geoscience is a museum dedicated to rocks, minerals, and fossils. The exhibition rooms contain numerous specimens where visitors can see and touch various stones. The facility also hosts events such as mineral collecting meetings and special exhibitions. Additionally, it provides services for mineral identification and analysis using X-ray powder diffraction and polarizing microscopes.