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THE DR. AND MRS. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN, JR.
INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION
OF ART AND HISTORY
For more than 40 years, Dr. and Mrs.
Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., have been collecting
important antiquities and works of art
that illuminate millennia of history. These
materials reveal stories of the diverse cultures,
iconic individuals, and memorable events that
have contributed to and, indeed, shaped much
of American, European, and Chinese history.
The Pamplins have intentionally focused
on acquiring artifacts and works of art whose
stories are unique and, in some cases, pivotal
to the history of the nation. Encyclopedic in
scope and depth, this Collection of art and
history is valued at more than $1 billion,
placing it internationally among the most
signi cant in private hands.
The Pamplin Collection is also
distinguished by the sheer volume of its more
than 100,000 items as well as by the number
Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
Mrs. Marilyn Pamplin
Chairman,
of prominent historical gures associated
President and CEO
with these objects. The Collection is further
R.B. Pamplin Corporation
For more information recognized for its rich diversity--from ancient
please visit him online at Chinese to American Indian to contemporary
www.pamplin.org
American art, and from several eras of this
nation’s history.