Things are looking up for New York City. A summer of post-vaccine fun is in full swing, people are returning to the city, it just got a brand new park, and now one of its most iconic cultural attractions has a brand new hall devoted to all things sparkly. Opening this weekend is the Mignone Hall of Gems and Minerals at the American Natural History Museum on the west side of Central Park. It gives a once outdated corner of the museum a much.
The American Museum of Natural History s Hall of Gems and Minerals is newly renovated and reopens with "Beautiful Creatures," an exhibit of stunning jewelry inspired by animals.
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An Exclusive First Look Inside the American Museum of Natural History s New Halls of Gems and Minerals
The New York City institution will debut its renovation in spring 2021. Dec 14, 2020
It can’t be easy to renovate a place beloved because it never changes. And it’s not just Holden Caulfield, though one can’t help hearing that quote from
The Catcher in the Rye when entering the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. You remember the one: “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d move. Nobody’d be different.” But something is different now. And many things have moved. In spring 2021 the new 11,000-square-foot Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals will officially open after a pandemic-induced delay.