Man-Made Jewels, Jewels of the Earth, December 1, 2009 - September 15, 2010

Man-Made Jewels, Jewels of the Earth
December 1, 2009 - September 15, 2010
Musees Barbier-Mueller, Geneva

With treasures from every era and from all over the world in gold and silver, inlaid with stones or beads, in bronze or iron, ivory, wood, shells, feathers or jade, the jewelry from teh Barbier-Mueller Collection interacts with the dazzlingly exuberant shapes of crystals and sparkling minerals.

After Geneva, the show will travel to the Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombi in Barcelona and the Gold of Africa Barbier Museum in Cape Town in 2010 and 2011.

More information about this exhibition is available at the museum's website.