Historical and Commemorative Medals on Display in Museum

One of the most popular articles on Kunstpedia is without doubt Medallic History of Religious and Racial Intolerance : Medals as instruments for promoting bigotry by Benjamin Weiss.


Photo by Ronald Sisk


A group of medals from the Collection of Benjamin Weiss has been put on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The display consists of 16th and 17th century medals from Italy, France, Germany and The Netherlands.  The medals may be found in the Gallery of Early European Art. 

The display is a  part of Ben's larger collection of Historical and Commemorative Medals, which can be viewed at www.historicalartmedals.com


  • 11-8-2010

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