This exhibition explores the historical fascination with this enduring symbol of wealth, beauty and power. The galleries allow visitors to experience the attraction and splendor of the finest gold specimens on Earth and learn how gold has been located, mined, processed and turned into objects both beautiful and useful. Fernbank Museum will also present "Georgia’s Heart of Gold," a special photography exhibition in partnership with student photographers at the Portfolio Center that reveals Georgia’s unique, sometimes unexpected and largely unknown relationship with gold.

 

"Meteor" Cigarette Box, 18-karat gold, designed by Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co., 1971