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The Bead Museum

Drawing upon a collection of over 100,000 beads and beaded artifacts, The Bead Museum invites visitors on a visual journey from ancient civilizations to contemporary art. Featuring both permanent and changing exhibitions, The Bead Museum is dedicated to promoting the appreciation of the historical, cultural, and artistic significance of beads as a universal language of human connection. Group tours and classes are available. The Museum Store sells a wide range of publications on beads and related subjects, as well as beads and supplies for the bead worker, and specialist beads for the collector.

Permanent Exhibits:

The Language of Beads: An introduction to the terminology used by bead researchers, collectors, traders and crafters to describe the vast variety of bead types, shapes and makes that make up this common language of reference for the specialist and bead enthusiast.

Beads from Nature: The rich diversity of beads fashioned from the natural materials of the earth using examples from the cultures of the world. The exhibition is presented in two sections: organic materials, or carbon based sources that include plant and animal-based products.

The History of Beads: The exhibition presents a "time-line" of hundreds of original bead examples and their origins in time and place from 40,000 BCE until today. This showcases the originals in a display curated by Jamey Allen and the time-line first developed by researcher, Jamey Allen.

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  The Bead Museum

  5754 West Glenn Drive
  Glendale, 85301

  Phone: (623)931-2737

  Fax: (623)930-8561

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• Current Events

  09/18/08- Ongoing

  The Measure of a Man in a Head-Taking Land The Bead Museum

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• Past Events

  12/20/08	Naga Identity Through Textiles The Bead Museum
  12/11/08	Of Man and Beast The Bead Museum
  12/06/08	Poker-Work Decoration Among the Nagas The Bead Museum
  11/22/08	Of Man and Beast The Bead Museum
  11/20/08	'Beads of Change' Exhibition Opening The Bead Museum
  11/13/08	Naga Identity Through Textiles The Bead Museum
  10/23/08	Poker-Work Decoration Among the Nagas The Bead Museum
  10/18/08	Naga Identity Through Textiles The Bead Museum
  10/09/08	Of Man and Beast The Bead Museum
  10/04/08	Third Annual International Family Fun Day The Bead Museum
  09/27/08	Smithsonian Museum Day The Bead Museum
  09/21/08	Naga Exploration Day The Bead Museum
  08/31/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  08/24/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  08/17/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  08/10/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  08/03/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  07/27/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  07/20/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  07/13/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  07/06/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  06/29/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  06/22/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  06/15/08	Free Summer Sunday The Bead Museum
  05/25/08- 08/31/08	Free Summer Sundays The Bead Museum
  05/18/08	International Museum Day The Bead Museum
  04/04/08- 04/06/08	Wild Things Beads Trunk Show The Bead Museum
  03/28/08	World Tour Event 2008 - China The Bead Museum
  03/16/08	Discovering the Eye Bead in Turkey The Bead Museum
  10/06/07	International Family Fun Day The Bead Museum
  10/01/07- 07/01/08	Earth and Fire: Ceramic Beads from Around the World The Bead Museum
  08/19/07	Silver Wear: Fashion's Thread of Power The Bead Museum
  06/01/07- 04/30/08	Silver: From Fetish to Fashion The Bead Museum
  03/30/07	The Bead Museum World Tour Glendale Civic Center
  01/11/07	Borneo, Beads and Beyond! The Bead Museum
  09/15/06- 03/16/07	Trajectories: Glass Beadmaking The Bead Museum
  04/14/06- 04/14/07	The Vital Force in African Ceremony The Bead Museum
  01/20/06- 01/22/06	Trunk Show The Bead Museum
  07/30/05- 07/31/05	The Bead Museum Presents: The Traveling Trunk Show The Bead Museum
  07/23/05	The Bead Museum - The Bead Museum's 2nd Annual Appraisal Day The Bead Museum
  06/01/05- 03/12/06	Tribal Asia: Beading and Weaving Connections to Identity The Bead Museum
  04/21/05	Turkish Carpets, Turkish Culture The Bead Museum
  04/08/05- 04/10/05	Booksigning, Beadwork Demonstrations and Trunk Show The Bead Museum
  03/11/05- 06/19/05	Kuba and Yoruba Beaded Art Tempe Public Library
  03/11/05- 05/15/05	The Bead Trail: Trade Beads of North American Frontier The Bead Museum
  03/03/05	A Beaded History: The Rise, Fall and Revival of Cherokee and Southeastern Woodlands Beadwork The Bead Museum
  03/11/04- 05/15/05	The Bead Trail The Bead Museum