14 Sep 2023 -  15 Sep 2023

Perle 3.0. The bead collections of international museums

Event organised by Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia A cura di Chiara Squarcina, Dirigente Area Attività Museali Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia

In collaboration with Mauro Stocco, Assistente Conservatore Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia Augusto Panini, Esperto e storico delle perle

On the occasion of The Venice Glass Week, for the third consecutive year Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia will propose a conference dedicated to one of the oldest and significant glass productions, that of beads.
After the past conferences "The history of glass beads" and "The collections of beads of Italian museums", this year the protagonists will be the collections of beads from international museums, presented to the public by scholars and curators from prestigious institutions of different countries of the world.
A unique opportunity to discover how these little masterpieces have accompanied human history since ancient times and to investigate many aspects of their production.

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Event Dates

From Thursday 14 September to Friday 15 September

Event Notes

From 10am to 1pm and from 3pm to 6pm.
Lunch break: 1pm - 3pm

Perle rosetta, fine XIX secolo. Murano, Museo del Vetro - Foto Augusto Panini  / Rosetta beads, end of the XIXth century. Murano, Glass Museum - Photo Augusto Panini
Rosetta beads, end of the XIXth century. Murano, Glass Museum - Photo Augusto Panini
Perle rosetta e perle millefiori - Foto Augusto Panini  / Rosetta beads and millefiori beads - Foto Augusto Panini
Rosetta beads and millefiori beads - Foto Augusto Panini
Perle di vetro a lume, Giovanni Battista Franchini. Prima metà del XIX secolo. Murano, Museo del Vetro. Foto Augusto Panini  / Lamp beads, Giovanni Battista Franchini. First half of the XIXth century. Murano, Museo del Vetro. Photo Augusto Panini
Lamp beads, Giovanni Battista Franchini. First half of the XIXth century. Murano, Museo del Vetro. Photo Augusto Panini
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Perle 3.0. The bead collections of international museums

Piazza San Marco 52 - 30134 Venezia