[Valeria101]

With how much information already is on this forum, what's a poor museum got to add? Take a look.

Definitely love what they've done with the front page !

[Kevin Canning]

ya thats pretty cool how you can click on the pearl and a get a little pop up and boy did they capture the luster well in that shot.

[GemGeek]

Thanks Valeria! Bookmarked for further perusal

[Caitlin]

This is the traveling exhibit that the Field Museum did with the AMNH

The above picture is the picture that was on the cover of Pearls: A Natural History by the AMNH. Here is the book for sale.

Here is an article I put up about it in 2005. Here is another thread where dfrey put up links to the ancient pearls in the website and Satine also put up a link in another thread about ancient pearls.

Not to be confused with the Smithsonian pearl exhibit
This is a quote from the pages Ana linked to above.

Pearls
June 28, 2002 – January 5, 2003

Discover nature’s perfect gem.

Magical, mysterious, and radiant, pearls are the only gems born of a living organism. They come from the bottom of the world’s oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams. And they emerge from their watery origins perfectly luminous, not needing to be cut and polished.

See the most spectacular collection of pearls ever assembled in a gorgeous exhibition that combines nature, science, history, and glamour. Co-curated by The Field Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Pearls is the largest, most comprehensive exhibition ever put together on this subject.

PS the book has come way ddown in price since I last posted on this exhibit. You can now get a second hand copy for under $10

[Ashley]

I was going to say that picture looked extremely familiar...