Largest Meteorite Collections in the World (By Distinct Falls/Finds)
The following is a list of the largest meteorite collections in the world. The first number represents the distinct number of finds & falls and the second number represents total number of specimens in the collection. The rankings are by distinct finds & falls. The list is by no means complete. If you find any errors or have any updates please don't hesitate to email me at: email
1. 9250 / 17,000 Smithsonian Institution Washington DC, USA. No online catalog available.
2. 8900 / ? National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo, Japan. No online catalog available.
3. 2000 / ? The Natural History Museum London, England. Online catalog "Catalogue of Meteorites
3(tie). 2000 / 2700 The Nat'l Meteorite Collection of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. No online catalog available.
5. ? / 4000 NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, USA. Online Collection Catalog
6. ? / 1700 The Natural History Museum of Vienna Vienna, Austria. No online catalog available.
7. 1500 / ? ASU Center for Meteorite Studies Tempe, Arizona, USA. No online catalog available.
8. 1450 / 1250 Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Mainz, Germany. Online Collection Catalog
9. 1300 / ? Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, IL, USA. Online Collection Catalog
10. 1400 / 4000 Museum of Natural History Berlin, Germany. Computerized database available to researchers only.
11. 1179 /3192 National Museum of Natural History Paris, France. Online Collection Catalog
12. 1100 / 5000 American Museum of Natural History New York, New York, USA. Online Collection Catalog
12(tie). 1100 / 2700 The Geological Survey of Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. No online catalog available.
14. 1000 / 1518 TCU/Monnig Collection Ft. Worth, Texas, USA. Online Collection Catalog
15. 980 / 25000 Museum of Extraterrestrial Material at the Vernadsky Institute Moscow, Russia Online Collection Catalog
16. 750 / ? MNA-Siena Siena, Italy Online Collection Catalog
17. 650 / 1600 UCLA Los Angeles, California, USA. No online catalog available.
18. 600 / ? Institute of Meteoritics Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Online Collection Catalog
19. >500 / >1300 Hungarian Natural History Museum Hungary. Online Collection Catalog
20. 500 / ? Geological Museum U of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark. No online catalog available.
21. 448 / 1020 Vatican Observatory Museum at Castel Gandolfon Vatican. Online Collection Catalog
22. 447 / >6500 Fersman Mineralogical Museum Russia Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russia. Online Collection Catalog
Others with catalogs
307/ 1008 Swedish Museum of Natural History Catalog
166/ 307 Museum of Victoria
130/ 1000 University of Alberta Online Catalog
updated 01/30/03