Jewelry
See Also: Crafts, Design Arts
Museums and Exhibits
Diamonds
An exhibit from the American Museum of Natural History that presents the story of the nature of diamonds, includes images and information online for several famous gems and pieces.
The Allure of Pearls
An exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, featuring a wide variety of rare pearl pieces.
Providence Jewelry Museum
A non-profit organization with a large collection of jewelry making artifacts.
Wertz Hall of Jewelry and Gems
Small exhibit of gems, crystals and jewelry from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
MFA: Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection
Features selected highlights from Daphne Farago's collection of twentieth-century studio jewelry, includes works by Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Mary Lee Hu, Man Ray, Robert Ebendorf, Sam Kramer, Art Smith, Wendy Ramshaw, and others.
MFA: Art and Adornment
An online exhibition from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston featuring jewelry from around the world and throughout history plus related paintings and sculpture.
Bedazzled: 5,000 years of Jewelry
An exhibition of over 200 pieces of jewelry representing a variety of periods and cultures, from the Walters Art Museum.
Touching Warms the Art
An art jewelry exhibition from the Museum of Contemporary Craft, includes a link to a large collection of images from the exhibition on the Museum's Flickr page.
Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum
Permanent collection includes more than 4000 pieces of jewelry and micro sculptures.
The Bead Museum, Washington, DC
Dedicated to furthering the appreciation of one of mankind's earliest creative achievements - beads.
In-Depth Studies : Jewelry from the Campana Collection
A presentation from the Louvre Museum, includes Etruscan, Greek, and Roman pieces along with pastiches that played a major role in the history of jewelry styles in the 19th century.
The Getty: Jewelry
View over 100 images of jewelry online in the Getty Museum collections.
State Hermitage Museum
View images of objects online in the digital collection, includes jewelry, accessories, and utensils.
Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels
View images online in the Royal Collection including intaglios, cameos, jewels and insignia from pre-Renaissance to the 19th century.
National Galleries of Scotland: Jewelry
View images in the online collection of jewelry in paintings by artists such as Jean Clouet, George Jamesone, Adrian Vanson, and others.
Heilbrunn: Jewelry Maker
A list of around 25 jewelry makers in the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
