Spectacular amber jewelry, beads, and specimens—evocative of the amber gems gracing these Filigreed Baltic Amber Drop Pierced Earrings—are curated by our National Museum of Natural History, the world's preeminent museum and research complex dedicated to inspiring curiosity, discovery and learning about the natural world. Scientists and researchers explore areas of anthropology, ethnology, botany, entomology, invertebrate and vertebrate zoology and the mineral sciences.