A timelapse of the Manhattan skyline lighting up at sunset. The screen splits and shows the timelapse on the left, and an image of a wavy blue and green mineral on the right.
Text appears: “New York Rocks.”
On the left, a large white illuminated stone in a hall appears, and on the right the camera moves under the stone arches of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The scene changes and on the left is a timelapse of the Oculus building at World Trade Center, and on the right is a mineral with silver crystals sticking out in many directions.
The scene changes again and now on the left is a fluorescent orange mineral and on the right is a timelapse of Times Square at night, brightly lit and glowing.
Text appears: “New York Shines.”
The scene changes again and now on the left is the Chrystler Building lit up at night, and on the right is a huge towering amethyst geode in a museum hall.
The camera flies through the center of the Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, with the same amethyst geode at the far end. Text appears: “A treasure returns to New York City.”
Text appears: “The Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals open at the American Museum of Natural History.” Under the text, the screen changes between different images of beautiful minerals.
Different shots of beautifully colorful minerals and gems fly by.
Text appears over a huge fluorescent orange and green slab of rock: “New York Dazzles.”
The screen goes black and text appears: “June 2021.”
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Credits roll.
The Museum gratefully acknowledges Allison and Roberto Mignone for their leadership support of the redesigned Halls of Gems and Minerals.
Generous support has been provided by Melissa and Keith Meister, the Arthur Ross Foundation, and Kenneth C. Griffin.
Additional support has been provided by the John & Amy Griffin Foundation and the City of New York.
Video
AMNH / L. Stevens & D. Finnin
Music
“Little Crazy” by Louise Dowd (PRS) & Jeremy Abbott (PRS) / Warner/Chappell Production Music
The Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, which opened in June 2021, offer a brilliant showcase for one of the world’s most important collections of gems and minerals and an engaging guide to our dynamic planet.
Thoroughly redesigned and reinstalled, the 11,000-square-foot Halls feature more than 5,000 specimens from 95 countries.