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Henry Hillman: Hillman Hall
built 263 days ago
The highlight of the Hillman Hall expansion will be The Wertz Gallery, named in honor of Ronald W. Wertz, longtime president of the Hillman Foundation. Henry Hillman, Marc Wilson, and everyone else close to the museum give Wertz credit for making the hall what it is today. “There isn’t a bigger champion or advocate of Hillman Hall,” Wilson says. “For 35 years, Ron’s energy and vision have helped to develop the collection and make Hillman Hall one of the best in the country.”
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Twenty-five years later, Hillman Hall of Minerals & Gems unleashes the spectacular beauty of the mineral world. A jewel box of lush colors, wondrous forms, and striking contrasts, the hall showcases more than 1,300 minerals and gems from all over the world. New acquisitions are added to the collection on an ongoing basis. This breathtaking exhibition hall ... explains the basic facts of minerals, rocks, and crystals.
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In 1948, Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Mineral Hall” (above) was the precursor to today’s Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems. This summer, a new-and-improved Hillman Hall will open to the public, featuring a beautiful new entrance (right), already on view.
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Twelve years after the opening, Marc Wilson took over the management of Hillman Hall. Among the hall's improvements since Wilson's arrival is the complete makeover of the Pennsylvania Minerals exhibit (the exhibit currently displays specimens from the Bryon Brookmyer collection, on loan to the museum), Amber was added to the gemstones section, a new exhibit of Pseudomorphism in Minerals was unveiled, and another significant addition to Hillman Hall occurred in 1997 with the opening of the Minerals of the Former Soviet Union exhibit-some 30 spectacular minerals from the recently acquired collection of 250 high-quality specimens.
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