Rosanna,
Since it just wasn't my day to take a lot of images, I'm really glad that you did.

First, part of a strand of lovely green 7-layer.....
and a heavy, substantial strand John was walking around with...many aspeo.....every one a drawn rosetta cane bead.

What a great show.
The pictures your took are great. Not that easy with the glass cases.

And, how about visiting every 6 months (hint, hint, I'll be back in SF in 6 months )

To die for beads! This makes me want to plan a trip out west. Thank you for sharing!!

thank you Rosanna and Joyce for the great pictures and sharing your trip. It must be amazing to see all those incredible beads in one place. I'm thinking that this is probably the only bead museum in the world to display beads like these. John and Ruth have taken a passion and turned it into a monument!They deserve an award.

Well, if you plan it in the middle of January.....you might just be able to join Rosanna and me for another Picard trip, and catch my lecture at the Bead Society.

...I have never seen before! Must be kind of bead heaven...but isnīt it hard, not to touch them and feel them in hands...? Thanks for posting, Rosanna and Joyce!

Although John will open the cases for closer inspection. Unlike the displays in other museums, these display cases are set at the perfect level for close inspection, and the lighting is excellent. By comparison, I found the displays at the now-defunct bead museum in Arizona to be very frustrating. There was a lot of glare from the lights, some of the lighting was very poor, and the beads were too far from the front of the case to be able to see the details in some cases.

Not so with the Picard's displays. A great deal of thought went into creating the exhibit space. It is bead heaven for sure!

Wow, wow, just wow...... I never get enough of seeing these unbelievably beautiful beads. When I see them, I know why I collect these little pieces of history and art. Thank you so much for showing.

I wonder whether John and Ruth would allow me to camp out there for a year... Still I wonder if that would be enough to take in all the specials they have.
Everytime I go back to your pictures I discover another special I had not seen before. So yes thank you for these great close-ups!