‘Beyond Brilliance': Highlights From MFA Boston’s Jewelry Collection

After four years of planning, MFA Boston’s recently renovated jewelry gallery is one of the most expansive collections in the world. The exhibit, which took four years to plan and implement, “showcases the MFA’s outstanding collection of jewelry, one of the most expansive in the world,” says Emily Stoehrer, the Museum’s jewelry curator. She is the United States’ sole museum curator dedicated to jewelry. This ongoing exhibit opened in May and includes annual rotations of certain objects. The sparkling ornaments on view, many which have famous provenances, include surviving artifacts...