Contributors
The Virtual Museum would not exist without the help of museums, institutes and collectors that are willing to participate in this project. If you have objects that fit in our collections and are willing to share images and descriptions with us, please do have a look at
how to contribute.
We express our thanks to all contributors that are listed here in alphabetic order as well as to those who requested to remain anonymous.
- Ulrich BURCHARD, Dr. († 2015)
Former author & dealer of historic scientific instruments, Germany
- Alan CAMPBELL
Private collector, UK (contact)
- André-Mathieu FRANSOLET
Former professor of mineralogy, University
of Liège, Belgium
- Herman GOETHALS, PhD
Former senior scientist at the "Royal
Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences", Brussels, Belgium
- Simone and Peter († 2019) HUBER
Private collectors, Austria (personal collection)
- Jacques JEDWAB († 2020)
Former emeritus Professor, University of Brussels, Belgium
- Johan KJELLMAN
Curator Mineralogical Collection, Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Timo MAPPES, Dr.-Ing.
Private collector, Museum Optischer Instrumente, Germany
- Jeroen MEEUSEN
Private collector, Belgium (personal collection)
- Ursula MÜLLER-KRANTZ, Mrs.
Director of Dr. F. Krantz,
Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
- Renato PAGANO, Dr.-Ing. († 2023)
Private collector, Italy
- Hans-Peter SCHRÖDER
PRIMA MATERIA, Antiquarian geo-science books and aesthetical minerals, Germany
- Danny SEGERS, Prof.
Director of the Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Wetenschappen, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
- Bart VERHAEREN
Private collector, Belgium
- Roger WARIN, PhD
Former president of the "Association
des Géologues Amateurs de Belgique" (AGAB)
- Kristel WAUTIER, PhD
Curator of the Museum voor de Geschiedenis van de Wetenschappen, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
- Luminita ZAHARIA, PhD
Former curator of the Museum of Mineralogy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania