Telling the fascinating story of how minerals in their vast diversity formed on Earth and how humans have used them throughout the millennia for personal adornment, tools, and technology, the halls feature over 5,000 specimens from over 98 countries, each individually mounted and floating in a di.
Some Famous Gems Get a New Setting
The Star of India, the Patricia Emerald and others return to public view in the newly redesigned halls at the American Museum of Natural History.
The 563-carat, nearly flawless Star of India is one of the celebrity gems on display at the redesigned Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
By Tanya Dukes
May 23, 2021, 5:12 a.m. ET
To reach one of the most anticipated new destinations in New York City, you have to sidestep dinosaur fossils and hang a right at the cluster of meteorites. It’s a long and winding road to a gemstone jackpot.
AMNH s Halls Of Gems & Minerals To Reopen With New Look This June
arrow The new Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, which are scheduled to open to the public on June 12, 2021, at the American Museum of Natural History. The 11,000-square-foot halls will display one of the greatest collections of its kind and engage visitors in the recent science about our dynamic planet. View all 9
Ever since I was taken on a journey through the inner bowels of an opal during the opening credits of the Safdie Brothers classic
Uncut Gems, I have had a hankering to stare at precious stones in real life, and yet have been presented with few options for actually doing so. After a four-year closure, however, one of the premier locations for gem-gazing in NYC, the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals in the American Museum Of Natural History, will reopen on June 12th.