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Gloria Maris Giethoorn
Shell gallery of rare seashells, coral and pearl jewellery, and a pair of glory-of-the-sea cones.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Gloria Maris shell gallery in Giethoorn is about the rare cone shell the gallery is named after, two of which sit in its cases. It goes from eighteenth-century auction rooms and the rumours collectors spread, to the collector Hugh Cuming on a shallow Philippine reef in eighteen thirty-seven, to the stories of a lost habitat that followed. Best heard standing at the glass in front of the two shells.
This audio guide was created using AI.