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Jewellery Museums
This list of museums is provided as a service to our members. All the museums in this list have jewellery, sometimes rather loosely defined, in their collections, but some may not be on display. Please check in advance before visiting a museum, to avoid disappointment. The descriptions are provided by the museums themselves, or by members.
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| AUSTRIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vienna | Kunsthistorisches Museum 1010 Vienna, Burgring 5, entrance: Maria-Theresien-Platz +43/1/525 24 Major collection of jewelled objects, including some from the court of Rudolf II. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weltliche und Geistliche Schatzkammer (Treasury) 1010 Vienna, Hofburg, Schweizerhof +43/1/525 24 Visit the world’s greatest treasury and experience invaluable jewels and insignia from a thousand years of European history. In this oldest part of the Hofburg (13th century), you will find the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (around 962) and the later Austrian Imperial crown (1602), as well as the remaining items of the 15th century Burgundian Inheritance, and the treasures of the Order of the Holy Fleece. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde 1080 Vienna, Laudongasse 15-19 +43/1/406 89 05 Austrian traditional arts and crafts, including costume and jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Antwerp | The Diamond Museum Koningin Astridplein 19 - 23, B-2018 Antwerpen +32 (0)3 202 48 90 Antwerp has been known as the Diamond Centre of the World for centuries. This museum covers every aspect of diamonds, including a collection of diamond jewellery from the sixteenth century through to the present day. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BULGARIA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sophia | National Ethnographic Museum 6A, Moskovska St, Sofia (+359 2) 987 4191 The museum displays folk costumes, fabrics, jewelry, wood cuttings, hammered ironwork, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Museum of History 16, Vitoshko Lale, 1618 Sofia +359-(0)2-955 42 80 Classical and medieval Slav jewellery. Six cases of traditional jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plovdiv | Ethnographic Museum 2, Dr.Stoyan Chomakov Str., Plovdiv. 624 261 Four large cases of traditional jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vratsa | Vratsa History museum and Art gallery Hristo Botev Square 092 20373 Contains part of the Thracian Rogozen treasure, and many examples of 19th century Vratsa traditional jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jablonec nad Nisou | The Museum of Glass and Jewellery * U Muzea 398/4 * 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou +420 483 369 011 The museum has two collections – the museum collection and Waldes collection. The sub-collections can be divided into basic (costume jewellery, books and magazines, buttons, metal costume jewellery, glass costume jewellery, medals and plaques, numismatic collection, Sachs collection, glass, Riedel glass, arts and crafts) and supplementary ones (costume jewellery technology, graphics, clothes accessories, copies, special collections and Waldes collection with its sub-collections of buttons, fasteners and clothes accessories). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nova Paka | The Municipal Museum Nova Paka ul. F. F. Prochazka c.p. 70, 509 01 (+420) 493 721 943 In the Treasury of Gem stones there is a gallery of various minerals and the history of jewellery manufacturing in the region. Gem stones are located according to their finding places and varieties. You can see there huge amounts of polished agates, amethysts, crystals, jaspers, garnets, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Trebenice | The Museum of Czech Garnet Loucka 411 13 Trebenice +420/416 594 695 The Czech Garnet Museum is located in a former Lutheran church in Trebenice. The local exhibition focuses on the history of the region, the mining and processing of Czech garnet and historical as well as modern jewellery fashioned from garnet. The core of the museum's treasure is formed by a collection built up by V. Parík, a local doctor and ardent patriot. The greatest attractions include, among other things, the largest Czech garnet (pyrope), the jewellery collection of Ulrike von Levetzow, the last love of J. W. Goethe, and the urban vinyards register. Visitors to the museum can not only inspect the garnets on display there, but also try to find some directly in front of the museum or in the available garnet sand. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Larnaka | Ayios Lazaros Church museum Ayios Lazaros Square, Larnaka Small museum containing icons, vestments, and church silver and jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Pierides Foundation Museum Zinonos Kitieos, 4, Larnaka +357 (0) 24 814555 One case of traditional jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicosia | Cyprus Jewellers Museum 7-9 Praxippou, Laiki Yatonia , Nicosia 2266 7278 Small museum dedicated to traditional Cypriot jewllery, mainly from the 19th century. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia Ippokratus 17, near Laiki Geitonia, (02) 66 14 75 Two cases of traditional jewellery and clasps. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DENMARK | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen | Amager Museum Hovedgaden 4 DK-2791 Dragør (+45) 3253 0250 Traditional costumes and jewellery of the Amager Dutch community of Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationalmuseet (The National Museum of Denmark) Frederiksholms Kanal 12, DK 1220 Copenhagen K (+45) 3313 4411 Danish pre-historic and Viking jewellery. Some Amager and north African traditional jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rosenborg Castle Rosenvængets Alle 2, 2100 København +45 3542 2032 Includes Danish Crown jewels | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tallinn | Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design 17 Lai Street, 10133 Tallinn +372 627 4600 The jewellery collection, includes over 2200 jewellery pieces by more than 130 authors. The oldest exponents time-wise are the 19-century national jewellery. The nucleus of the collection is formed by the jewellery from the 1950s-1980s that reflects well the changes and innovations occurred within the local context and the historical background. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FINLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Helsinki | The National Museum of Finland Mannerheimintie 34, Helsinki +358 9 4050 9544 Finno-Ugric traditional jewellery from Finland, Estonia and Russia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FRANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arles | Museon Arlaten 29-31 rue de la République, 13200 Arles 04.90.93.58.11 Contains the Frédéric Mistral collection of Provencal costume and jewllery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cagnes sur Mer | Espace Solidor Place du Château, Haut-de-Cagnes 06800 - Cagnes-sur-Mer +33 4 93 73 14 42 Contains a unique collection of modern artist jewellery acquired from the annual contemporary craft exhibitions over the last 10 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grasse | Musée provençal du Costume et du Bijou 2 rue Jean Ossola, F-06130 Grasse 04 93 36 44 65 The museum is housed in the former home of the Marchioness of Cabris, and contains the Provencal costume and jewellery collections of Helena Costa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Le Puy | Musée Crozatier Jardin Henry Vinay, 43000, Le Puy-en-Velay +33 (0)4 71 06 62 40 Large wall case of typical Auvergne jewellery, with others showing silversmith’s tools and moulds, and pilgrimage souvenirs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyons | Musee Gadagne (Historical Museum of Lyons) 14 rue de Gadagne, Hôtel Gadagne - 1 place du petit collège, 69005 Lyon 04 78 42 03 61 Includes one case of revolutionary jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| le Musée Africain de Lyon 150, cours Gambetta, 69361 LYON cedex 07 04 78 61 60 98 Belonging to the Society of African Missions, The African Museum of Lyon is a private institution open to all. It includes African jewellery from the Meynet collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Marseilles | Le MuCEM. Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée Caserne du Muy, 7 rue Bugeaud 13003 Marseille 04 96 13 80 90 The old Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, fortified with the collections of the Museum of Man from the Trocadero. Jewellery and costume from across Europe. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Martainville | Musée des Traditions et Arts Normands le Château de Martainville, Martainville-Epreville 02 35 23 44 70 The 2nd floor is devoted to traditional Normandy dress, including jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nice | Musee d'Art et d'Histoire Palais Massena 65 rue de France, Nice 04-93-88-11-34 Contains Chapsal collection of traditional jewellery from France and other countries. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris | Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie 293, avenue Daumesnil , 75012 Paris 44 74 84 80 Includes the Paul Eudel collection of jewellery from the Maghreb | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée des Arts Décoratifs 107 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris 00 331 4455 5750 Some 1200 jewels from its collection are exhibited in the Galerie des Bijoux | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée national des Arts et Traditions Populaires Closed. Collections transferred to the MuCEM in Marseilles 6, av. du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris 44 17 60 00 Includes French traditional jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée d’Orsay 1 rue de la Légion d’Honneur, 75007 Paris 00 331 4049 4814 A fine collection of jewellery and goldsmiths’ work dating from the 1860’s onwards | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée national de la Legion d'Honneur et Des Ordres de Chevalerie 2, rue Bellechasse , 75007 Paris 40 62 84 25 Orders of chivalry | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée du Louvre 36 Quai du Louvre, 75001 Paris 00 331 4020 5760 Its collection of jewellery ranges from ancient to mid-nineteenth century and includes magnificent French Crown jewels displayed in Galerie d’Apollon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée National du Moyen Age 7 Place Paul Painlevé, 75005 Paris 00 331 5373 7816 A fine collection of Medieval jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Musée du quai Branly 37, quai Branly, 75007 – Paris 01 56 61 70 00 Includes jewellery and ornaments from non-European cultures | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rouen | Musée le Secq des Tournelles Rue Jacques Villon, 76000 Rouen 02 35 88 42 92 The museum is dedicated to art in iron of all forms, including an important collection of jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Musée d'archéologie nationale Château - Place Charles de Gaulle, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 78105 01 39 10 13 00 Includes major collections of jewellery, as well as coins, combs, armour weapons and art, as well as some more curious objects. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wingen-sur-Moder | Musée Lalique - Musée de France Due to open in 2010 29 rue de Zittersheim 67290 Wingen sur Moder, Bas-Rhin 03 88 89 08 14 The only museum in France dedicated to the work of the Art Nouveau master jeweller and glass worker, René Lalique (1860-1945) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Baden-Baden | Fabergé Museum GmbH Sophie Strasse 30, 76530 Baden-Baden +49 (0) 7221 970,890 The Fabergé Museum is the first of its kind dedicated solely to the life work of Carl Fabergé. The unique collection of the full range of works by Carl Faberge is present, starting with the famous Easter eggs of the imperial family, to exquisite jewellery and high-quality goods of daily use from the time of the 1st World War. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad Füssing | Bernstein/Amber Museum Hinter dem Rathaus, am FreizeitparkHeilig-Geist-Straße 2 +49 8531 981034 Where amber comes from, and how it is made into jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | Museum für Asiatische Kunst und Ethnologisches Museum Lansstraße 8, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem +49(0)30 - 8301-382, +49-(0)30- 266-3666 Traditional art and culture, including jewellery, from non-European cultures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Museum Europäischer Kulturen The Museum of European Cultures will be closed to visitors for renovation works from January 2009 to mid-2010. Arnimallee 25, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem +49(0)30 - 83901-287 Comprehensive collection of traditional art, including jewellery, from north and east Europe. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kunstgewerbemuseum Matthäikirchplatz 4-6, 10785 Berlin Tiergarten +49(0)30 - 266-2951 European arts and crafts from the Middle Ages until the present day: glass, enamel, and porcelain receptacles as well as gold and silversmith work. Includes the 13th/14th century Pritzwalker hoard of 130 pieces of jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kunstgewerbemuseum - Schloss Köpenick Schloßinsel 1, 12557 Berlin-Köpenick +49-(0)30- 266-3666 One case of Berlin Iron jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Märkisches Museum (Berlin City Museum) Am Köllnischen Park 5 24 00 21 62. One case of Berlin Iron jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Darmstadt | Museum Künstlerkolonie Institute Mathildenhöhe, Olbrichweg 13, 64287 Darmstadt +49 (0) 6151. 132778 The presentation in the former studio of the artists colony building combines painting, sculpture, architectural models, graphics, book art, furniture, textiles, porcelain, jewellery and goldsmith's work of the Darmstadt Art Nouveau - and shows the members of the artists' colony as influential artists of their time. On display are masterpieces by such renowned artists such as Peter Behrens, Hans Christiansen, Bernhard Hoetger and Joseph Maria Olbrich. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dresden | Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) Albertinum, Am Neumarkt, Bruhlsche Terrasse, Dresden 351-491-4619 Magnificent artworks of gold, silver, precious gems, enamel, ivory, bronze and amber. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duisburg | Cultural and Stadthistorisches Museum John Corputius-Platz 1, 47051 Duisburg (0203) 283-2647 Contains The Koehler Osbahr collection, consisting of more than 200 pieces of jewellery, including the personal ornaments of the founders, European jewellery from the 18th-20th century, and Islamic jewellery from Algeria, Turkoman, India and South-east Asia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Werdenfelser Heimatmuseum Ludwigstraße 47, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (08823) 2134 Many examples of the typical jewellery of the Werdenfels region. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Halle | Stiftung Moritzburg - Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt Friedemann-Bach-Platz 5 06108 Halle (Saale) +49 (0) 345 21 25 90 Extensive collection of works of the Halle Jewellery School from the 1920s to the present day. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | Altonaer Museum Museumstraße 23, Hamburg, Germany 22765 +49 40 428 1350 Important collection of traditional costumes and jewellery from the Hamburg area. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Steintorplatz, 20099 Hamburg. +49 (0)40 428 134 - 27 32 Some traditional costumes and jewellery from the Vierlande, and also some Art Nouveau jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Karlsruhe | Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe Palace, 76131 Karlsruhe +49 (0)721 / 926 6514 Wide-ranging collection, from Antiquity to the present day, including 17th century Turkish booty, the Margrave’s kunstkammer, and some traditional and aristocratic jewellery from the 18th and 19th centuries. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevelaer | Niederrheinisches Museum für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte Hauptstr. 18, 47623 Kevelaer 49(2832)95410 Includes two cases of jewellery and ex-votos from the major pilgrimage centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leipzig | GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig Johannisplatz 5-11, 04103 Leipzig +49(0)341/97 31-900 Includes jewellery from south and east Europe, as well as Central Asia, North Africa, Polynesia, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Munich | Bayerisches National Museum Prinzregentenstr. 3, 80538 München 089- 21 124- 01 Includes jewellery from royal Palatinate graves of the early 17th century. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Neue Sammlung, State Museum of Applied Arts and Design Danner Rotunda, Barer Straße 40, 80333 Munich +49 (0)89 / 2 38 05-360 Showcasing some 300 pieces of jewelry art from the permanent loans of the Danner Jewelry Collection, which provides a wealth of insights into this lively international scene. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Neugablonz | Jizerska Museum Neugablonz Jablonec House, Marktgasse 8, 87600 Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz +49-911-1331 0 The Jizerska Neugablonz museum covers the history of the Jablonec jewellery industry: for around 400 years German culture and industry dominated in the three districts of Jablonec nad Nisou, Liberec and Friedland, in Bohemia. After World War the expelled Sudeten Germans settled in Neugablonz and continued their tradition of costume jewellery. This museum presents a particularly striking example of their new beginnings. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nuremburg | Germanisches Nationalmuseum Kartäusergasse 1, D - 90402 Nürnberg +49-911-1331 0 With current overall holdings of ca 1.2 million objects, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history. It has the most important collection of German traditional jewellery, but it is not on show in the permanent exhibition. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pforzheim | Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim Jahnstraße 42 • D-75173 Pforzheim 07231 / 39 21 26 One of the few dedicated jewellery museums in the world. It has a permanent exhibition of jewellery from Antiquity to the present day, and a rolling schedule of temporary exhibitions on all aspects of jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuttgart | Linden Museum Hegelplatz 1, 70174 Stuttgart +49 71 1202 2456 Includes 11th century Ghasnavid and 19th century Turkoman jewellery, as well as examples from many other cultures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Waldenbuch | Museum für Volkskultur Schloss Waldenbuch, 71111 Waldenbuch 07157 82 04 One board of traditional Wurttemberg jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Athens | National Archaeological Museum 44 Patission St., Athens +30 210 8217724 Includes classical jewellery from all over the Greek world, including the treasure from Mycenae, and the Eleni and Antonios Stathatos Collection. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Benaki Museum Vassilisis Sofias and 1 Koumbari street +30 210-3671000 Comprehensive collection of Greek art from Antiquity to the 20th century. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Museum of Greek Folk Art 17 Kydatheneon St, Plaka 323-1577 Located in an old house in the Plaka district, one floor is dedicated to silver work and traditional jewellery, and another to traditional costume with jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National Historical Museum 13 Stadiou street 323-7617 Three rooms of aristocratic and traditional costume, with 12 cases of jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Greek Historical Costume Museum 7 Dimokritou st, Kolonaki 362-9513 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum Kallisperi 12 & Karyatidon Str., Acropolis 11742, Athens +30 210-9221044 The Museum’s permanent collection includes over 4000 pieces of jewelry and micro sculptures from over 50 collections designed by the museum’s founder, Ilias Lalaounis, between 1940 and 2000. The permanent collection is enriched with donations including jewelry and decorative arts from around the world. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Florina | Museum of Gold and Silver-Smithery Folklore and History Florina +30 23810-31382/31354 The museum has showcases displaying two sets of rare goldsmith’s tools and a collection of goldsmith’s work (including men’s and women’s jewellery, ecclesiastical objects, buckles, belts, snuff-boxes, and household utensils). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nafplio | Komboloi Museum 25 Staikopoulou St. Nafplio +30 27520-21618 History and exhibition of 400 komboloi (Greek rosaries) of the period 1750-1950. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Budapest | Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest IX. Ulloi ut 33-37, 1450 Budapest, Pf.3. 456-5100 The fine metalwork collection counts about ten thousands pieces today, including the Esterházy collection; the division comprising jewellery, clothing accessories, various small boxes and cases; and the clock and watch collection. Besides the work of the leading Hungarian masters in the 17th and 18th centuries or objects made by the fine metal craft dynasties of Pest and Buda in the 19th century, the bizarre filigree work statuettes created by the Selmecbánya master Sámuel Libay also deserve mention. Held in the collection are a number of truly outstanding Art Nouveau jewels, such as works by Rene Lalique and Oszkár Tarján (Huber). | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungarian National Museum Muzeum korut 14-16, 1088 Budapest (36-1) 338-2122, (36-1) 327-7749 Contains major collections of historic Hungarian and Balkan jewellery from the 16th to the 19th century. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Neprajzi Muzeum (Ethnographical Museum) V. Kossuth ter 12, H-1055, Budapest 473-2400 Includes Hungarian traditional costume and jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dublin | National Museum of Ireland -
Archaeology
Kildare Street, Dublin 2 +353 1 6777444 This branch of the National Museum of Ireland houses the most wonderful collection of artefacts dating from 7000 BC to the late medieval period. Examples of these include the Ardagh Chalice, the 'Tara' Brooch and the Derrynaflan Hoard. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National Museum of Ireland -
Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 +353 1 6777444 This branch of the National Museum of Ireland houses fine examples of silver, ceramics, glassware, weaponry, furniture, Folklife, clothing, jewellery, coins and medals, including Celtic revival and archaeological jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Biella | Santuario di Oropa
Via Santuario di Oropa, 480 13900 Biella-Oropa (BI) 015.25551200 The treasury of the shrine of the Virgin of Oropa contains, together with crowns, chalices, ostensories and votive hearts, the jewels that adorned the statue of the Madonna for the coronations that have been held at Oropa since 1620 every hundred years: the two-tier tiara, the aureole of stars, the bodice, the ‘love knot’ and the pendant realized in gold, diamonds and precious stones. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Campo Ligure | Museo della Filigrana
Via della Giustizia 5, 16013 Campo Ligure GE 010920981 The only museum in the world dedicated to filigree. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Casalmaggiore | Museo del Bijou
Via Porzio, 9 26041 Casalmaggiore (CR) 0375 284428 The exhibited objects consist of more than 20,000 pieces of mainly costume jewellery produced by the industries in Casalmaggiore between the end of the 19th century and 1970. Besides the traditional jewellery (brooches, cufflinks, bracelets, belts, earrings, pendants) you can find powder-cases, lipstick holders, cigarette cases, sunglasses, devotional medals and badges. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ferrara | The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara
Via XX Settembre, 122 +39 0532.66299 La Sala degli ori (The Hall of Gold Jewellery) opened on 10 June 2010. It shows, mostly for the first time, jewellery of gold, silver, amber, semi-precious stones and vitreous glass paste from the necropolis of Spina. The refined, innovative exhibition setting was developed by the Emilia-Romagna Archaeological Heritage Bureau with the technical assistance of jewellers Bulgari. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Florence | Museo degli Argenti
Uffizi Gallery, Florence Over 500 pieces of jewellery from the 17th century to the present day, including over 100 pieces by 53 international artists and jewelers, such as Buccellati, Torrini, Bino Bini, Gio Pomodoro, Cavalli, Finotti, Sofia Vari, Bueno. 055-238-8709 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Friuli | Il Museo Etnografico del Friuli
PALAZZO GIACOMELLI, Via Grazzano 1, Friuli 0432 271920 Contains Perusini collection of traditional jewellery and amulets. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nuoro | Museo Della Vita E Delle Tradizioni Popolari Sarde Via Antonio Mereu, 56 08100 Nuoro (Sardegna) +39 0784 37484 Ethnological museum of Sardinia, including a room of traditional jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pescara | Museo delle genti d’Abruzzi Via delle Caserme, 22, Pescara 085/4283517. Includes traditional costumes and jewellery of the Abruzzi. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | Museo Nazionale Delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Piazza Marconi, 10. 06 591 07 09 The museum was founded in 1956, after the long organizational work which followed the Italian Ethographical Exhibition held in Rome in 1911. This institution intends to provide documents and information on the folk traditions of the various regions of Italy. Large collection of Italian traditional jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9 +39.06.3201951 Contains pre-Roman antiquities, including much jewellery. The Castellani collection, currently closed to the public, is famous for its jewels and gold-works, which provide an invaluable contribution to the study of ancient goldsmithery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trapani | Pepoli Museum via Conte Agostino Pepoli, 200, Trapani 0923 55 32 69 Extensive collection of Trapanese coral art and jewellery, much from the treasury of the Annunziata. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Volterra | M. Guarnacci Etruscan Museum Via Don Minzoni,15, Volterra 0588/86347 Extensive collection of Etruscan art including numerous pieces of jewellery, mainly from tomb excavations. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mdina | Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum Villegaignon Street, Mdina MDN 1191 +356 2145 4512 This palace is the former home of Capt Olof Frederick Gollcher OBE (1889-1962). The jewellery on show includes a collection of rings, Maltese silver buttons, watches and family pieces. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valletta | Casa Rocca Piccola 74 Republic Street, Valletta, VLT 03 (00356) 21 221499 Casa Rocca Piccola is the private home of the De Piro family. It contains the relics of over 200 years of fine living, including costume and jewellery. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Apeldoorn | CODA Museum Vosselmanstraat 299, 7311 CL - Apeldoorn (055) 5268400 CODA museum in Apeldoorn is a museum for contemporary art and regional history. As a museum for contemporary art it specialises in jewels and paper art. The jewellery collection gives a good overview of the evolution of modern jewellery from ca. 1960. There are (among others) works of Emmy van Leersum, Gijs Bakker, Françoise van den Bosch, Nicolaas van Beek, Marion Herbst, Onno Boekhoudt, Ruudt Peters, Dorothea Prühl. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leiden | Museum Volkenkunde Steenstraat 1, Postbus 212, 2300 AE Leiden 071 51 68 800 Leading Dutch ethnographic museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nijmegen | Galerie Marzee Lage Markt 3 / Waalkade 4 6511 VK Nijmegen +31 24 3229670 Galerie Marzee is the largest gallery for modern jewellery in the world. As a rule, the gallery hosts four or five exhibitions at any time, with new openings every two months. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Schoonhoven | Nederlands goud-, zilver- en klokkenmuseum (Dutch Gold, Silver and Clock museum) Kazerneplein 4, 2871 CZ Schoonhoven (0182) 38 56 12 The museum has a vast collection of four centuries of Dutch silver, clocks and watches. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edelambachtshuys Haven 13, 2871 CK Schoonhoven (0182) 38 26 14 In the former synagogue is an outstanding collection of Schoonhoven silver from the Golden Age to 1900, including much traditional jewellery and buttons. The Museum also includes an exhibition of modern artist’s jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bergen | West Norway Museum of Decorative Art Nordahl Brunsgate 9, 5014 Bergen 55 33 66 33 The museum is the repository for Norway’s largest private collection of Bergen silver. For centuries Bergen was Norway’s key production site for beautiful and prestigious objects made from gold and silver. These objects represent Norway’s foremost classic handcraft. Here you will find tankards, drinking vessels, goblets, terrines, snuffboxes, silverware, jewellery and other objects from the 16th through 20th cen. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oslo | Kunstindustrimuseet St. Olavs gate 1 22 03 65 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norsk Folkemuseum Museumsveien 10, Bygdøy, N-0287 Oslo (+47) 22 12 37 00 Norway's largest museum of cultural history featuring the world's oldest open air museum and large indoor collections. Permanent indoor exhibitions include folk art, folk costumes, and jewellery. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Gdansk | The Amber Museum Main Town Hall, ul. Dluga 47 +48 58 767 91 00 The Amber museum occupies all floors of the historical Prison Tower, with each floor dedicated to a different amber-related issue. One of the more important principles behind the Amber Museum is to present the achievements of contemporary amber artists. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lisbon | Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Av de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa Codex 21 7823000 The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection comprises some 6000 works of art from all over the world and dating from antiquity until the early twentieth century (including examples from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Babylon, Armenia, Persia, Islamic Art, Europe, and Japan). The collection of works by René Lalique (1860-1945) is quite exceptional for the quality of the jewellery and other objects, particularly the glass, which, because of its quality and consistency is considered to be quite unique. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Moscow | The Moscow Kremlin Aleksandrovsky Sad , Moscow (495) 624-55-03 The Armoury Chamber contains ancient state regalia, ceremonial tsar’s vestments and coronation dress, vestments of the Russian Orthodox Church’s hierarchs, the largest collection of gold and silverware by Russian craftsmen, West European artistic silver, ceremonial weapons and arms, carriages, horse ceremonial harness. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moscow | State Historical Museum Krasnaya Ploshchad 1/2, Moscow 103012 (095) 292-3731 The museum charts the development of Russian civilization, from its ancient tribal beginnings, through the formation of Kievan Rus, to the downfall of the Tsars. Includes jewellery from all periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The State Museum of Oriental Art 12a, Nikitsky Boulevard, 119019, Moscow (495) 291-9614, 291-4966, 291-8219 Includes costume and jewellery from all the eastern districts of the former USSR, including the Caucasus and Central Asia. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Petersburg | Russian Museum of Ethnography 4/1, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya, 191011, Saint-Petersburg (812) 313-4421 One of the largest and richest museums in Russia, including costume and jewellery of the ethnic culture of more than 150 peoples of Russia and its neighbours. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Belgrade | The Museum of African Art Andre Nikolica 14, 11000 Belgrade + 381 11 2651 654 The Museum of African Art is the one and only museum in the region of South East Europe that is wholly dedicated to the arts and cultures of the African continent. It includes an extensive collection of African jewellery | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Madrid | Museo Nacional de Antropología Calle Alfonso XII 68, 28014 Madrid +34 915395995 Some examples of Filipino jewllery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Museo del Traje Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico, Avenida Juan de Herrera, 2 (Ciudad Universitaria) 28040 Madrid +34 915497150 The Clothing Museum brings together numerous exhibits showing of the evolution of clothing in Spain through history. An exquisite selection of clothing items from times gone by is combined with traditional dress from every region of Spain, as well as examples of contemporary fashion design. Designers like Fortuny, Balenciaga, Pertegaz, Hannibal Laguna, Ailante and Torretta, among other masters of haute couture, are represented in this unusual museum, which also displays pieces of jewellery and items from the home. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saragossa | Museum of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Plaza de la Seo s/n 50001 Zaragoza +34 915497150 Small museum in the Basilica contains four cases of mainly 19th century jewellery presented to the shrine.
SWEDEN
| Lund
| Kulturen (Kulturhistoriska föreningen för södra Sverige)
| Open-air museum in the centre of Lund. Contains important collection of Skãne traditional jewellery. Malmo
| Malmöhus Castle | Malmöhusvägen, Malmö. Includes Druvan hoard of around 300 pieces of jewellery dating from 1677 Stockholm
| Historiska museet (Museum of National Antiquities) | Narvavägen 13-17, 114 84 Stockholm +46(0)8-519 556 00 The Gold Room displays many gold treasures from Sweden's past, including the Viking Age which even today is known as Scandinavia’s Gold Age. These include the 1500 year-old gold collar from Ålleberg which was made so skilfully that today’s goldsmiths still can’t work out how it was done. Stockholm
| Nordiska museet | Djurgårdsvägen 6-16, Box 27820, 115 93 Stockholm 08-519 546 00 Sweden's largest museum of cultural history, was founded by Arthur Hazelius, and contains some Swedish and Sami traditional costumes and jewellery Stockholm
| The Royal Palace | Slottsbacken 1, Old Town (Gamla Stan), Stockholm +46 8 402 61 30 The treasury in the Royal Palace contains the Swedish crown jewels, including Gustav Vasa´s sword of state, Erik XIV´s crown, sceptre and orb and Lovisa Ulrika´s crown, as well as several of the Princes and Princesses' crowns.
SWITZERLAND
| Geneva
| City of Geneva horology and enamel museum | Currently closed. Due to re-open at a different address in 2010 15, route de Malagnou 1208 Geneva +41 22 418 64 70 Important collections of Geneva's traditional specialities of horology, enamelwork and jewellery Geneva
| Musée d'ethnographie de Genève | Boulevard Carl-Vogt 65, CH - 1205 Genève +41 (0)22 418 45 50 Includes several cases of Saharan jewellery Zurich
| Schweizerisches Landesmuseum | Museumstrasse 2, Zürich 01/218-65-11 Includes Swiss traditional costumes and jewellery. |