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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-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, AZ 85301

  Phone: (623)931-2737

  Fax: (623)930-8561

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• Past Events

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