The BSGW Mission is:
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To encourage the scholarly study of beads, which are among the oldest, most universal, and enduring artifacts of mankind.
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To provide educational opportunities for bead mavens/lovers to expand their knowledge of beads.
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To foster public appreciation of beads as objects of beauty that have been used not only for adornment but as status symbols and protective amulets in ancient, ethnic, and contemporary cultures.
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To stimulate the creative spirit of bead artists and craftspeople interested in making beads, designing jewelry or using beads in other art forms.


The Society Pursues its Mission by:
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Disseminating knowledge and education through lectures by artists in the field, archeologists, historians, and collectors.
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Sharing our resources through our research library - open to our members.
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Providing a scholarship to study the Bead Timeline of History donated by the BSGW to and permanently housed at the Peabody Institute at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
The BSGW Promotes:
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Cultural understanding through the interpretation of beads;
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What beads tell us about people
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the men and women who have worn them and made them, traded them and treasured them
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their aesthetic impulses and artistic abilities
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their technological skills and trading patterns
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their hopes and fears and social roles
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Exploration of bead making, stringing, design techniques and bead art.

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