Volunteers are invited to join Liana Paredes, Chief Curator/Co-Chair of Exhibitions & Director of Collections, for a lecture on French furniture and tapestries. 

Volunteers are invited to join Estella Chung, Curator of American Material Culture and Historian, for a lecture on Marjorie Merriweather Post and staff at Hillwood. 

Volunteers are invited to join Estella Chung, Curator of American Material Culture and Historian, for a lecture on Marjorie Merriweather Post's biography. 

For millennia, humans have been fascinated, inspired, and enticed by gems and jewelry. 

During the thirties and forties, actresses like Joan Crawford, Mae West, and Claudette Colbert graced the silver screen dripping in diamonds.

Explore the rich, fascinating stories behind famous gems such as the notorious Hope diamond, the exceptional 423-carat Logan sapphire, and the Carmen Lúcia ruby.

Exceptional gems, dazzling twentieth-century jewelry, and legendary historic jewels.

Explore the impact of Peter the Great’s 1700 decree to westernize Russian dress on social relations, economic development, and cultural life. 

Hillwood will open at 11 a.m. on New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1, 2017.