CRYSTAL BALL 
West CorriIdoR 
GEMS AND PRECIOUS STONES 
The West Corridor contains the Morgan gem collection. This valu- 
able series of gems and precious stones was presented to the 
Gems and : 
Deacdies Museum by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, one of the founders 
Stones and a trustee of the institution, whose services to the 
country in the founding and up-building of the Museum 
are commemorated in a bronze tablet by Miss Longman at the south 
end of the hall. It comprises a representative assemblage of cut and 
uncut gems, many of the former of remarkable size and some of great 
purity of color. The installation aims to bring into juxtaposition the cut 
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