The entrance to the museum, Suikerrui 17–19, Antwerp

DIVA Museum for Diamonds, Jewellery and Silver is a museum that opened in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2018.[1] It merged the collections of the former Antwerp Diamond Museum (1972–2012) and Sterckshof silver museum (1992–2014) in a single institution.[2]

The museum's collection "features over 500 objects that detail the story of Antwerp's history with diamonds and gemstones".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gloednieuw museum DIVA opent dit weekend de deuren". VRT Nieuws (in Dutch). 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Ester Meerman (17 May 2018). "The World's Biggest Diamond Museum Has Reopened, And It's Stunning". Culture Trip.
  3. ↑ Nadja Sayej (24 November 2019). "Inside The Glitzy, Star-Studded Diamond Museum in Antwerp". Forbes.

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