Azerbaijan Museum of GeologyThe museum was established in 1969, at that time it functioned as a site museum and in 1982 was given “Azerbaijan Museum of Geology” status. The main objective of the museum is general exhibition of rock, mineral and ore samples characterizing mineral-raw material source of the country and popularizing and agitating the results of geological exploration works and scientific-geological achievements on large scale. In the exposition hall of the museum, more than 5,000 samples of ore and non-ore materials reflecting the mineral-raw material resources of Azerbaijan, as well as brought from different regions of the world, construction materials, decorative and cover stones, virgin rocks, mineral, paleontological findings, geological maps of different subjects, photo stands, albums, booklets, fauna and flora remnants covering the period from the Silurian to the Neogene era, parts of the republic of geological interest, minerals deposits, panoramas depicting quarries, portraits of prominent geologists and exhibits of other kinds are shown. In order establish certain idea about natural richness of underground of the earth in Azerbaijan Republic, there are six sections in the museum: regional geology, mineral-raw material base of the republic, petrography, mineralogy, paleontology and photos. Visitors of the museum can also get acquainted with audio-video materials related with geology. The museum was opened on December 25, 2010 after capital reconstruction. The museum was equipped with several show stands, temperature regulators of the halls and several exhibits were restored.