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GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES 



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West Corridor 



GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES 



The West Corridor contains the Morgan Gem Collection. This 

 valuable series of gems and precious stones was assembled by Tiffany 

 and Co. for the Paris Exposition in 1889, and was presented to the Mu- 

 seum by the late Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, one of the founders and a 

 former trustee of the institution. Mr. Morgan's services to the country 

 in the founding and upbuilding of the museum are commemorated in a 

 bronze tablet by Miss Longman placed at the south end of the hall. 



