"The World of 1607"
America’s 400th Anniversary Signature Event
Exhibit Continues Through April 9, 2008
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Akan gold necklace, 17th-19th century,
Ghana,Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
collection, gift of the Virginia African
American Forum. |
The final phase of 'The World of 1607,' a yearlong exhibition portraying Jamestown and Virginia in a global context, explores sub-Saharan African kingdoms, the Ottomans as a world power, Russia during 1607-1613, the beginnings of globalization, scientific achievement in Europe and the Islamic world, and the relationship of church and state.
Explore the exhibition with a family gallery guide and come to Jamestown Settlement to experience "The World of 1607."
Ninety objects from museum and private collections in Denmark, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States are exhibited. Among the finely crafted decorative and ceremonial objects, books, maps, scientific instruments, and military and equestrian accouterments are an elaborately carved 16th-century African ivory saltcellar from the National Museum of Denmark; a 17th-century Ottoman musket from the collection of Richard Wagner, Jr.; a 16th-century Russian painting, “Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl,” from the State Historical Museum in Moscow; and a portrait of Emperor Mikhail Feodorovich, the first Romanov tsar, from The State Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve, “The Moscow Kremlin.”
Listen to audio "minutes" exploring topics from the fourth cycle of "The World of 1607."
"The World of 1607" was developed in collaboration with 28 internationally recognized scholars and is presented in four cycles, each with its own topics and artifacts. Objects from more than 40 institutions and private collections in 10 countries are scheduled for the exhibition, gifts exchanged among rulers of England, Spain and Japan, Virginia Indian objects brought to England in the 1600s, maps, engravings, paintings, jewelry and scientific instruments.
Map of the World, Abraham Ortelius, 1570s. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation collection.
