The Treasure Gallery, one of the most interesting collections of the
museum, got its name in the 18th century during the reign of Catherine
the Great. It consists of two sections.
The first, called the Gold Rooms has works from Eurasia, the Black Sea
Littoral in antiquity, and the Orient. It consists of around 1,500 works
made from gold and dating from the 7th century B.C. to the 19th century
A.D.
The main idea of the second section, which is called the Diamond Rooms,
is to show the development of the jeweler's craft over the course of mankind's
many centuries of history from the third millennium B.C. to the start
of the 20th century.
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