www.craftweb.com - The CraftWEB Project online community is a site for professional craftspeople, craft organizations, and people interested in crafts to meet, share information, and promote fine crafts worldwide.

www.craftsreport.com - A very comprehensive resource for all crafters, with helpful business information, upcoming show opportunities and great networking possibilities.

www.businessweek.com/smallbiz - This is a great source of information and articles tailored to helping independent professionals keep a handle on the business side of things.

More museums can be found in our Museums page.

More schools and universities with jewelry programs can be found at the Schools & Education page.

www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk - The British Museum, home of perhaps the world's most famous carved stone, the Rosetta Stone.

www.hermitagemuseum.org - The State Hermitage Museum's beautiful website, with a zoom-in approach to viewing their collection that brings all that glitter into even sharper focus.

www.howard-academy.com - A newly established school, the Howard Academy offers professional training in the metal arts intended to prepare students for “the real world” of the jewelry marketplace.

www.center4jewelrystudies.org - The Center for Jewelry Studies is dedicated to spreading information about antique, period, and vintage jewelry.

geology.about.com - About.com's Geology Guide site, which also has a nice section on Rockhounding and another section on Gemology.

earthquake.usgs.gov - The National Earthquake Information Center, the national data center and archive for earthquake information, is an invaluable resource for those interested in geologic history and seismic phenomena.

heritage.stsci.edu - The Hubble Heritage Project offers images beamed from the Hubble Space Telescope, with new images added on the first Thursday of each month.

www.earthsky.com - The producers of a daily radio show covering Earth, space, and environmental science offer their current and archived shows.

www.stonepages.com - Pictures, descriptions, and historical accounts of megolithic sites throughout Europe, Great Britain and Ireland.

beadwork.about.com - About.com's guide to beadwork, with links to projects, bead shops, directories, other sites, and more.

www.beadmuseumdc.org - The Bead Museum in Washington, D.C. offers historical and cultural information on beads, as well as exhibit information and bead exhibits around the world.

nationalbeadsociety.com - The National Bead Society is dedicated to the academic study of beads and dissemination of bead information.

www.wirejeweler.com - The Wire Artist Jeweller archives online.

www.wire-sculpture.com - Preston Reuther's wire sculpture site has free online jewelry-making courses for you to learn from.

www.artmetal.com - This site is intended to be an archive for information on working artistically with metal.

jewelry.about.com - About.com's Guide site to Jewelry and Accessories.

www.silversmithing.com - The Society of American Silversmiths' site has a database of news, exhibitions and competitions, schools, and workshops, as well as tips on silver care and photographing your work, discussions of technical processes, and regularly scheduled chats.

jewelrymaking.about.com - Jewelry Making at About.com offers lots of helpful links and articles for getting started and continuing your jewelry making experience.

www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm - Hosted by Ganoksin Online and Brain Press Publications, this is one of the most valuable sites on the Net for hands-on jewelers with its message board, a mailing list, links to newsgroups, and archived articles.

For more Professional Organizations & Associations, check our Associations page online.

www.nyfa.org - The web site of the New York Foundation for the Arts has launched its new database of grants, residencies, publications, and sources of information and assistance for artists in all disciplines and media. The NYFA Source site can be found through NYFA's main page.

arts.endow.gov - All independent artisans should have this site for the National Endowment for the Arts bookmarked... whether you're seeking support for your own endeavors, or simply want to keep up to date on developments affecting the NEA.

www.jdpn.org - The Jewelry Design Professionals Network's forum for jewelry artists to share ideas, questions, and concerns both artistic and business-related.

www.canadiancraftsfederation.ca - You can view beautiful reproductions of award winning examples of Canadian craft, gain useful inforrmation to assist you in your endeavors as a craft professional, and visit an on-line gallery of work which showcases some of Cananda's leading craftspeople at this site provided by the Canadian Crafts Federation.

www.npcg.org - The National Polymer Clay Guild site - for artists who use polymer clay, or anyone who is interested in this versatile material.

www.opalsociety.org - An educational nonprofit organization, the Opal Society shares enthusiasm for and knowledge of opals.

www.craftemergency.org - The Craft Emergency Relief Fund is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that provides support to professional craftspeople facing career-threatening emergencies.

www.gemartists.org - The home of the Gem Artists of North America (GANA), this site has information about some of the most innovative gem carvers working today and the organization that represents them.

www.amfed.org - The American Federation of Mineralogical Societies' site offers a complete listing of the different regional federations and clubs, with meeting information and rundowns of rockhounding sites contributed by members.

www.explorethecaverns.com - Visit the caverns of Benson, Arizona on this site!

paleo.cc/kpaleo/palesafe.htm - By fossil collector Glen Kuban: information for travelers of every stripe and experience, with safety precautions, checklists, and collecting procedures.

ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/ - The Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, and National Park Service have come together to provide information on California's natural resources.

www.nps.gov - Courtesy of the National Park Service comes ParkNet, a guide to public lands across the country, linked by common geologic themes, such as fossils, caves, and the oldest rock formation.

www.fmnh.org/sue/ - For those who have been following the saga of Sue, the most famous (and controversial) Tyrannosaurus Rex in the world, this site is a treasure. The Fied Museum of Natural History, Sue's new home, has given the big lady her own home page.

Amber: Jewels of the Past - Tammi Johnson, a self-described anthropology major who "digs" amber, has put together this site devoted to all things amber.

www.dinotopia.com - James Gurney's official Dinotopia web site offers glimpses of the illustration process, information about Gurney and his fantasy world, and news about upcoming events.