A UNIQUE TRAVELING EXHIBITION OF JEWELRY FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE, WILL RECENTLY OPENED AT THE SMITHSONIAN CASTLE. 'READ MY PINS: THE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT COLLECTION' FEATURES MORE THAN 200 PINS, MANY OF WHICH SHE WORE TO COMMUNICATE MESSAGES DURING HER DIPLOMATIC TENURE. THE EXHIBIT EXAMINES THE COLLECTION FOR ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THE EXPRESSIVE POWER OF JEWELRY AND ITS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH A STYLE AND LANGUAGE OF ITS OWN. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ON VIEW THROUGH 11.OCTOBER. WHEN SHE WAS NAMED THE FIRST FEMALE SECRETARY OF STATE IN 1997, ALBRIGHT BECAME, AT THAT TIME, THE HIGHEST RANKING WOMAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE US GOVERNMENT. WHILE SERVING UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON, FIRST AS US AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND THEN AS SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE BECAME BEST KNOWN FOR WEARING PINS THAT CONVEYED HER VIEWS ABOUT THE SITUATION AT HAND. 'I FOUND THAT JEWELRY HAD BECOME PART OF MY PERSONAL DIPLOMATIC ARSENAL', ALBRIGHT SAID. 'WHILE PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR SAYING 'READ MY LIPS', I BEGAN URGING COLLEAGUES AND REPORTERS TO 'READ MY PINS'. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES A BROOCH THAT BEGAN ALBRIGHT'S USE OF PINS AS A DIPLOMATIC TOOL. AFTER SADDAM HUSSEIN'S PRESS REFERRED TO HER AS AN 'UNPARALLELED SERPENT', SHE WORE A GOLDEN SNAKE BROOCH PINNED TO HER SUIT FOR HER NEXT MEETING ON IRAQ. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES THE FAMOUS SNAKE BROOCH AMONG OTHER PINS WITH SIMILAR STORIES, SOME ASSOCIATED WITH IMPORTANT WORLD EVENTS, OTHERS GIFTS FROM INTERNATIONAL LEADERS OR VALUED FRIENDS. IN ADDITION, THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES A GROUP OF AMERICAN PINS THAT ARE AT THE CENTER OF ALBRIGHT'S COLLECTION.
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