Monday, 30th July 2007 (3417 views)

A US museum has announced plans to expand the space available for gold jewellery displays and other exhibits.

The Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington, Kentucky, is adding an additional 3,000sq ft of space, more than doubling the size of the main museum building, the Associated Press reports.

Once the expansion is complete, one of the first exhibitions to be held in the new space will be a collection of 24-karat gold items created by San Francisco artist Sid Mobel, including gold playing cards, a mouse trap, a mobile phone and a gold monopoly board.

Plans to expand the museum so that it can put more extensive exhibitions of fine and gold jewellery on display include new gallery space, staff offices, exhibition preparation areas and storage space.

The museum, which houses a unique collection of jewellery and decorative arts, is expanding its exhibition space as part of an affiliation with the famous Smithsonian Institution that began in 2003. Work on constructing the new exhibition space is expected to finish by May 2008.

Opened by jewellery designer George Headley in 1973, the Headley-Whitney Museum will be able to bring more of the Smithsonian collections to Kentucky once the expansion is completed. The museum was built on the designer's farm and houses his personal collections and other exhibits.

 

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