Anyone wanting to touch a piece of alien rock could come to the museum in the city of Chelyabinsk, capital of the south-western Russian Chelyabinsk Oblast region on 15th February only.
Daria Mordovina from the museum said the meteor was out of its glass case only from 9.20am to 10am, after which it was put back under its protective cover.
One elderly man who touched the meteor said he felt the “space energy” coming off it and that he had wanted to touch the space rock ever since it fell.
People touching the meteor had to wear special gloves provided by the museum, to avoid contaminating it.
The meteor exploded in the skies above the city at 9.20am on 15th February 2013.
The chunk of it housed at the museum is believed to be the largest left, at 650 kilogrammes (1,433 lbs).
Locals and viewers worldwide were amazed when giant streaks of light blazed through the sky.
The original projectile was 20 metres (65 feet) wide and entered Earth’s atmosphere at between 40,000 and 42,900 mph.
The blast when it exploded injured 112 people, many by flying shards of glass when windows were shattered.