The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM or the Museum) will present a new special exhibition, *Treasures of Global Jewellery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Body Transformed” (“Treasures of Global Jewellery”) until 19 October 2026 in Gallery 8 of the HKPM. Jointly organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York and the HKPM, this destination exhibition marks The Met’s first major travelling exhibition of its encyclopedic global jewellery collection. All objects drawn from The Met’s prestigious collection will be displayed in Hong Kong for the first time, alongside important works from the HKPM’s Mengdiexuan Collection and the Chris Hall Collection at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, as well as a major loan from The ILLUMINATA Collection. Cathay and American Express are the Major Sponsors of the exhibition. Tickets for the exhibition are now available on the HKPM website, the West Kowloon Cultural District (Westk) website or mobile app, WestK Ticketing WeChat mini program, and the online platforms of the Museum’s ticketing partners.
Founded in 1870, The Met in New York the world’s most visited and influential museums. Its collection comprises more than 1.5 million objects spanning over 5,000 years of art from around the world, revealing connections across time and cultures. “Treasures of Global Jewellery” presents the finest works from this world-renowned collection, telling fascinating tales about world jewellery across disparate periods, places, and curatorial areas.
Featuring around 200 dazzling and iconic masterpieces of jewellery, “Treasures of Global Jewellery” is the first major exhibition in Hong Kong dedicated to the sweeping narratives of jewellery and other human adornment, covering five continents and 4,000 years from the second millennium BCE to the 21st century. The exhibition traces the development of adornments from ancient civilizations to cutting-edge contemporary creations, celebrating jewellery as a powerful medium for artistic and cultural expression. Through this exhibition, the HKPM aims to celebrate creativity and cultivate cross-cultural dialogue that underscores the universality of jewellery, reflecting its commitment to bridging civilizations and connecting the past with the present. The exhibition is also part of the HKPM’s fashion and textile exhibition series with highly acclaimed special exhibitions, including “Cartier and Women” in 2023 and “The Adorned Body: French Fashion and Jewellery 1770-1910 from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris” in 2024.
“Treasures of Global Jewellery” is presented in five thematic sections: “The Divine Body”, “The Regal Body”, “The Transcendent Body”, “The Alluring Body”, and “The Resplendent Body”. Each section illuminates a distinct dimension of adornment, inviting visitors to marvel at the manifold ways humans have embellished themselves from head to toe as an expression of belief, status, and aesthetic ideals across cultures and geographies.
