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