Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. 2,134 of these objects are on view in the museum now. 85,750 of them are available online. There are 2,338 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. These records are frequently revised and enhanced.

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An ornate crescent necklace and gold diamond-shaped pendant, featuring a symmetrical flowing arrangement of green, blue, pink, and golden floral motifs and figures in precious metals, stones and beads.

Unknown Maker, Nepalese

Necklace with Garuda and Attendants

Organic cylinder form glazed in white with black dots on the top that smudge and bleed, forming vertical black stripes. A yellow ochre patch partially covers the top.

Jun Kaneko 金子潤

Untitled 08-03-01

Unknown Maker, Dutch

Stemmed cup

Unknown Maker, Romanian

Man's belt

Preston Singletary

Tlingit Hat

Tavares Strachan

B.A.S.E.C. (Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center) Bomber Jacket

A glass jar tightly packed with gray and white striped sunflower seeds, sealed with a hinged metal clasp and a glass lid.

Ai Weiwei 艾未未

Kui Hua Zi (Sun Flower Seeds)

A bottle with delicate swirling blue decorations and a rounded, shiny red stopper.

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Snuff Bottle

An ornate silver desk with a matching chair, both adorned with intricate floral inlay and curved legs. The desk features drawers and a central mirror framed in elaborate silverwork.

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Martelé Writing Table and Chair

A silver container with small feet and a curved, open handle on top. Inside are several glass vessels with silver mounts.

Hester Bateman

Caster Set

Unknown Maker, English

Pier glass

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Snuff Bottle with Vines and Peach

A square pressed glass cobalt blue salt container. It has four feet close to each corner with decorative textured sections.

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

Salt

A silver, glass, and gilded mustard pot with a protruding spoon. The lid is hinged to the angular handle. The decorations are raised.

William Aitken

Mustard Pot with Spoon

Tall rectangular clear bottle with rounded stopper. A floral design with leaves and swirling lines is etched on the front and back.

Unknown Maker, American

Bottle

Rounded clear glass with etched designs next to a brown woven basket of the same shape. A small, tan-colored implement lays to the left of the basket and glass.

Unknown Maker, English

Tumbler with Carrying Case and Stamp

A clear stemmed glass with a rounded foot and thick gold rim. An image of figures walking in a group with words above them are etched in the sides.

Unknown Maker, German

Wine glass

Samuel Ross

Birth at Dawn

Michael Glancy

Proof: The Alchemist Transmutation

Friedrich St.Florian

Imaginary Architecture Over the Arizona Desert (Photomontage Penn Station as a Hologram)