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Museums Dedicated to Diamonds!

By geraldonline  
Dec  14
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Diamonds are very fascinating precious stones. There are so many famous diamonds like the Hope Diamond, Darya-ye Noor Diamond, Tiffany Yellow Diamond and The Taylor-Burton diamond that have so much history behind them, besides being exceptionally beautiful! Therefore it comes as no surprise that across the world there are so many museums just dedicated to diamonds!

Diamond MuseumAntwerp Diamond Museum, Belgium is the largest Diamond Museum in the world! No wonder Antwerp is known as the diamond centre of the world for centuries. The ‘image and sound’ museum guarantees a total and unique experience for the senses. The audio-visual experience will immerse you in the fascinating world of sparkling diamonds.

You can select the language of your choice, level and pace so that you get the maximum out of the experience. Antwerp Diamond Museum has replicas of the British Crown Jewels, the Cullinan diamond, and the Kohinoor diamond on display.

If you travel to Netherlands, don’t forget to visit the Diamond Museum Amsterdam. This museum is the brain-child of Coster Diamonds, a large Amsterdam based diamond polishing and trading diamond firm. Their shows will tell you all the nitty-gritty about diamonds, right from how it came in to existence to how diamonds have become a representation of wealth and power now!

So give history and art museums a miss and visit a diamond museum for a...

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