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The hall has been completely renovated to showcase "nature's art." June 9, 2021 This slab of amphibolite rock sourced from Gore Mountain in upstate New York contains huge almandine garnet crystals that formed more than a billion years ago. Photo by D. Finnin, ©American Museum of Natural History. Four years ago, the Halls of Gems and Minerals at New York’s American Museum of Natural History closed for long-overdue renovations. The cavelike space, deliberately designed to evoke the feeling of the mines where many of the specimens on display had been excavated, had been essentially untou...
Visitors are encouraged to bring their own flashlight for the full optical experience
December 18, 2020 The much-awaited reopening of the American Museum of Natural History’s gem hall will have to wait a little longer. The New York City museum had planned to open the redesigned Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals on February 17, 2021. But because of the current rise in COVID-19 cases, the reopening is now being moved to later in the spring. The museum will announce a specific date later in the year. This is the second time the gem and mineral halls’ reopening has been postponed. They were originally set to reopen in fall 2020. The museum’s gem and min...
An Exclusive First Look Inside the American Museum of Natural History's New Halls of Gems and Minerals Stellene Volandes © Hearst Owned The New York City institution will debut its renovation in spring 2021. 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. ...