Anderson C. Bouchelle Study Center and Gallery for International Decorative Art

The Anderson C. Bouchelle Center for the Study of International Decorative Arts and its adjacent gallery, contain 508 objects from The Museum's collections. Jewelry, porcelain, glass, silver, gold, enamels, furniture, mirrors and assorted decorative arts are interpreted through illustrated text panels, labels and a CD-ROM that gives guests access to further information on the collection. Highlights include Meissen, Berlin, Vienna and Vieux Paris porcelain, Staffordshire pottery, American Silver objects, Russian enamels, gilt bronze objects and cases of American Brilliant Period Glass from the permanent collection. Changing exhibitions have featured objects from The Museum's permanent collection, as with The Bronze Age: 200 years, citing important works by artists including Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) and Fredrick Remington (1861-1909), as well as The American Gemstone Jewelry Collection, loaned from the National Museum of Natural history, Smithsonian Institution.