Au: Origins Unearthed
Thursday, Nov 12, 2026, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Online and Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge
Join for the opening of Au: Origins Unearthed, a new exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History that follows gold from the geological forces that formed it, through the science that traces its origins, to the hands of six visionary jewelers working today.
The evening opens with a lecture by Elsie M. Sunderland, Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, on mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Amazonian rivers, followed by a panel with Ashley Alexis McFarlane (Omi Woods), Erich Adam Moreira Lima (Brazilian Federal Police), and Ariene Bomfim Cerqueira (WWF-Brazil).
After the program, please join for a reception in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.
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The evening opens with a lecture by Elsie M. Sunderland, Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, on mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Amazonian rivers, followed by a panel with Ashley Alexis McFarlane (Omi Woods), Erich Adam Moreira Lima (Brazilian Federal Police), and Ariene Bomfim Cerqueira (WWF-Brazil).
After the program, please join for a reception in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery, from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.
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