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The Field Museum’s Grainger Hall of Gems is the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind between the east and west coasts, encompassing more than 600 gemstones and 150 pieces of magnificent jewelry, both antique and modern.
Field Museum curator Dr. Lance Grande provided gemological expertise for the development of the exhibition, which explores the connections between finished gems and their natural origin, as well as the relationships between different varieties of gemstones.
Lance Grande, PhD
Senior Vice President and Head of Collections and Research at The Field Museum
In addition to his role as Senior Vice President and Head of Collections and Research at The Field Museum, Dr. Grande is a curator in the geology department, a general content specialist for the new Grainger Hall of Gems, and co-author of the exhibition’s companion publication Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World. Trained as both a geologist and a biologist, Dr. Grande specializes in the evolution of fishes and is one of the foremost authorities on the paleontology of the famous Green River Formation, one of the world's most productive fossil localities.
 Dr. Grande’s work is highly regarded within the scientific community, and he has received 11 major grants from the National Science Foundation since coming to The Field Museum. Widely published, he also serves on the editorial boards of The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and Revista. In addition, he is a member of the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago, as well as an adjunct professor of biology at the University of Illinois.
For more information, please feel free to view Dr. Grande’s Executive Profile.
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