The museum was opened in 1957, it was the first single, Geological Museum in Malaysia.

It is administered by the Technical Services Division, Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia. Museum building is a complex portion of the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia located at Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Ipoh or also known as Tiger Line. The museum is open to the public only during office hours. Group visits are welcome and should require an explanation or accompaniment, please notify the administrator officially on the tour. The museum is located about - about 5 km east of Ipoh, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah faced with the School Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR) Ipoh. Space exhibition halls covering an area is 343.3 square meters Specimen and other exhibits such as the chemical classification laid and the structure, origin of specimens of rocks by fossil specimens according to location and age. Various types of minerals, rocks, fossils and gems from inside and outside the country are displayed dimuzium. Total collections on display are 600 specimens of minerals 200 specimens of precious stones 200 specimens of fossil 150 specimens of rocks There is also a model three-dimensional (3D), maps, pictures and posters of the main activities of the Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia. The main attraction of visitors is the collection tin that was once the main output of the country once. CHRONOLOGY Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia 1903 - British Government to appoint J.B. Scrivenor as a member of the first Geological Survey in Malaya. The first office in Kuala Lumpur. Covers activities associated Malay States of Perak, Selangor and Pahang, Negeri Sembilan. 1908 - Geological Survey Office moved to Batu Gajah, Perak. 1927 - Geological Survey Office upgraded to a Department of Geological Survey. 1949 - Investigation Department of the geology of Borneo is formed with the FW Roe as the first Director. 1963 - Geological Survey Department of the British colonies in Borneo, a branch of the Department of Geological Survey Borneo Region Malaysia....