Rock and Mineral Collections
The department houses extensive mineral, rock, fossil, and map collections, including specimens collected in the early 1800s by James Bowdoin III, who was an important early benefactor to the College, and by Bowdoin professor Parker Cleaveland (1780-1858).
![Emily Peterman with two students](../../images/18-038_bowdoin-1071.jpg)
![Joanne with a student looking at rocks](../../images/18-038_bowdoin-1080.jpg)
![Photo of whales](../../images/featured-links/rock-and-minerals.png)
Photo album: Rocks and Minerals