Jewelry Events
The following exhibits offer a wide range of jewelry to study and admire, in person and online as well.
Exhibits
ERFURT: Jewish Treasures from Medieval Ashkenaz
Exhibition in NYC at the Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th St, open Mondays 3:30-7:30pm, Sun Tues Wed Thurs 11am-5pm
For further info: info@yum.cjh.org, phone 212 294 8330
This extraordinarily well hidden trove of jewels and coins, found a mere decade ago within the foundation of a 12th century house in Erfurt, Germany, is on display at the museum from September 9, 2008, through January 29th, 2009. The jewels are an exceptionally rare collection of jewelry from the Gothic period.
Artistic Luxury: Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
The Cleveland Museum of Art
October 19, 2008 - January 19, 2009
"This exhibition marks the first comparative study of three of the greatest
jewelry and luxury goods designers at the turn of the 20th century: Peter
Carl Fabergé, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and René Lalique....The most elaborate
of their designs for the Paris World's Fair will be reunited for the first
time in a gallery recreating the ambience of this opulent exhibition."
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Treasures from the Garden of Eden, Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization
The Forbes Galleries, NY, Sept. 26-Dec. 31, 2008; The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, Feb. 13-June 14, 2009.
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Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.
The Metropolitan Museum, New York, Nov. 18, 2008–Mar. 15, 2009.
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Permanent Exhibits Around the World
Providence Jewelry Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
Heralded by the Museum as America's Jewelry Showplace, the Providence
Jewelry Museum includes a broad collection of fine and fashion jewelry from
the 18th century to the present. Some pieces come from around the world but
many were produced in Providence and the local region.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Wertz Gallery: Gems and Jewelry
This 2,000squarefoot addition to Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems is
dedicated to gems, the crystals they come from, and jewelry comprised of
these precious stones.
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Here is a video of the opening of the Wertz Gallery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsTEFhRNP5E
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum, Athens, Greece
This permanent exhibition displays "3000 pieces of jewelry and
micro-sculpture from 45 collections designed by Lalaounis in the period
1940-1992. They include jewelry inspired by prehistoric art, Bronze Age Greece, Greek jewelry from the Classical and the Hellenistic periods, Byzantium, the art of Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Far East, as well
as creations marking developments in technology and science, from
breakthroughs in biology to space travel."
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Virtual Exhibits on the Web
Smithsonian Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Wine, Worship & Sacrifice: the golden graves of ancient Vani/ treasures from Georgia
originally exhibited from Dec. 2007 to Feb. 2008
The exhibit includes spectacular gold, silver, ceramic vessels, jewelry,
Greek bronze sculpture, Greek and Colchian coins, and Greek glassware
gathered from ancient Colchis in Georgia.
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American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
The AMNH has exhibited a dazzling array of collections of gems and jewel
over the past years. Here are some of them, preserved for the web:
Gold
(originally exhibited from Nov. 2006 to Aug. 2007)
This virtual exhibition examines the science and cultural influence of
civilization's most sought-after mineral illustrated by specimens and
artifacts.
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Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and
Southwest
(originally exhibited from Oct. 2004 to July 2005)
This virtual exhibit illustrates the history of jewelry making among Native
peoples of North America from ancient times to today.
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Pearls (originally exhibited from Oct. 2001 to April 2002)
This virtual exhibit explains the origin and types of pearls and defines
their trade, use and value through human history.
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