Geological Museum named after Professor Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas is run by the Catholic University of the North. Here is a collection of exhibits on paleontology, mineralogy and geology. The museum is located in the premises of the university. Its three main halls turned permanent exhibition: samples of minerals, minerals and fossils found in the northern part of Chile.

The first collection was presented to the museum in 1972. Two years later, it became possible to the official opening of the first Chilean Geological Museum at the Institute of Geological Research in Antofagasta. At the end of 2012, after the reconstruction, which lasted two years, the museum doors opened again to the public. Recent reforms conducted in the museum, turned it into one of the most advanced centers in the country to study the geology and paleontology. In his exposition of the sample are 474 fossils and 570 samples of rocks and minerals.

Here you can see the fossilized remains of prehistoric animals, minerals and other elements extracted from the bowels of the earth, as well as samples of meteorites. You will find the peace that reigned over millions of years on this planet, learn about the prehistoric animals that lived in the sea and on land in the distant past, to see the remains of reptiles of the Jurassic period.

During the grand opening of its director - Dr. Guillermo Chong Diaz - did a small survey of forty-year history of the museum, from its inception until today.