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Gillespie Museum of Minerals at Stetson University


234 East Michigan Avenue
DeLand, FL 32724
(386) 822-7330
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  • Museum Day Hours of Operation
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm




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The Gillespie is Stetson University’s earth science museum. Its collection of 20,000 mineral, rock, and fossil specimens--one of the oldest and largest in the southeast U.S.—has developed in its fifty years into a center for environmental education, including geology exhibits and displays on native Florida ecosystems. The adjacent Rinker Environmental Learning Center is the campus hub for sustainable practices.




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