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Friday, 18th June 2004 (3994 views)

A new museum in North America is displaying a host of quality golden items.<BR/><BR/>The new $2 million Antiochian Heritage Museum in North America opens to the public today offering items of beauty available for everyone to see such as breathtaking jewellery.<BR/><BR/>Rev. Timothy Ferguson, curator of the museum explained to Post-Gazette: "These aren't just museum-quality items. They're precious things that real people made good use of."<BR/><BR/>Among the items showcased is Azzie Akel's wedding dress, which was made by four Constantinople seamstresses. A purple velvet gown, the dress is trimmed with gold embroidery and the veil is a web of gold.<BR/><BR/>In addition the walls are lined with fine icons from all over the Orthodox world, which are metallic thank-yous or testimonies to cures or answered prayers, shiny with gold leaf.<BR/><BR/>The new museum and its content is the result of more than 30 years of fund raising and expansion.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=2854468"/>

 

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