National Museum of Natural History
"Precious Stones"
Client
National Museum of Natural History - Van Cleef and Arpels
Location
Paris, France
Dates
September 16, 2020 to June 14, 2021
Services
Mountmaking, installation
About the exhibition
Through a contemporary scenography, the exhibition brings together more than 500 minerals, gems and art objects from the Museum's collections and more than 200 gems and jewelry creations from the House of Van Cleef & Arpels. This unprecedented dialogue between mineral, gem and jewel structures the tour and immerses the visitor in the history of the Earth, the processes of mineral formation and the latest scientific advances in geosciences.
Scientific curator
François Farges, Professor at the Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, specialized in environmental and heritage mineralogy / Emilie Bérard, Van Cleef & Arpels
Exhibition curator
Didier Julien-Laferrière (MNHN), François Farges (MNHN), Lise Macdonald (Van Cleef & Arpels).
Scenography
Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku (Jouin Manku Agency)
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© photos : 1-MNHN; 2- Eric Laignel; 3- My B; 4- F.Farges; 5- Eric Laignel