Museum

The GIA Museum strives to increase awareness of gems, jewelry and gemology through exhibits and lectures that educate and engage the public and the industry.

The Museum actively builds its collection for education, research and display. As a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, GIA gratefully accepts charitable gifts of gems and jewelry.

The GIA Museum’s current focus is building the Historical Collection, a sophisticated collection of jewelry, objets d’art and gemstones of known provenance from earlier cultures and periods. When you donate part of your own treasured collection to the GIA Museum, you’ll be helping to tell the fascinating story of gemstones and jewelry through the ages to people around the world.

  • Outside the Rotunda gallery at GIA headquarters in Carlsbad, California The Rotunda Gallery
    The Rotunda gallery at GIA headquarters in Carlsbad, CA features ever-changing exhibits from the museum.
  • The Rotunda gallery at GIA headquarters in Carlsbad Facets of GIA on Display
    The Rotunda gallery houses this current exhibit at GIA headquarters in Carlsbad, CA.
  • The Apex gallery at GIA headquarters Apex Gallery
    The Apex Gallery in Carlsbad, CA provides a spacious ambiance for gem, jewelry and mineral displays.
  • The atrium at GIA headquarters The Atrium
    The Atrium of GIA headquarters offers additional exhibition space for the museum.
  • Hallway displays in the education building of GIA headquarters Gem and Jewelry Displays
    Museum displays also line the hallways of the education building at GIA headquarters.
  • Photo essays by GIA staff members on display in the education building of GIA headquarters Photography Exhibits
    Photo essays by GIA staff members on display in the Carlsbad Education building.
  • Photographs by Bill Atkinson on display in the education building of GIA headquarters Photography Exhibits
    The photographs of Bill Atkinson line a hallway in the Carlsbad Education building.

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