Posted May 30, 2026, 5:35 PM
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I haven't found any articles in english on this news but the Habsburg jewels, revealed last year to have been safeguarded in a Quebec bank for more than a 100 years, will officially be exposed at the Musée des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ).
Excerpt from the Radio Canada article :
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Habsburg Jewels Exhibition in Preparation
The jewels of the Austrian imperial family, rediscovered in Quebec City, will be exhibited at the MNBAQ.
The private jewels of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, rediscovered in a Quebec bank last year, will soon be exhibited at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ). This was confirmed by Andrew Molson, the jewels' administrator, to the Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten.
These historical treasures, including the famous Florentine diamond, were placed in a Canadian trust by Empress Zita in 1940 to protect the family legacy. Entrepreneur Andrew Molson is the trustee.
Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, took the jewels, including the 137.27-carat yellow diamond, with her when she sought refuge in Quebec City with her children during the Second World War.
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