Museums and collections of amber

Baltic amber has fascinated collectors, artists and scientists for centuries. In Poland and around the world, one can visit numerous museums and private collections that present extraordinary collections of this „gold of the North”. Exhibitions range from natural specimens with inclusions of prehistoric plants and insects to works of applied art - jewellery, sculptures and decorative objects.

By visiting these places, you can learn about the history of amber, its importance in culture and art, and the process of creating unique amber products. It is a unique journey into the world of natural beauty and human creativity that inspires and delights.

    • The amber collection at the Malbork Castle Museum

      Amber products began to be collected at Malbork Castle soon after the museum was established there (1961), and the permanent exhibition "The History of Amber" was opened four years later, in July 1965. The idea was innovative and ambitious, especially as the objects available on the market at the time were mainly mass-produced items from the Amber Manufacturing Plant in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz and small souvenir items sold...

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    • Museum of Inclusion in Amber

      Muzeum Inkluzji w Bursztynie na Uniwersytecie Gdańskim istnieje od czerwca 1998 roku jako pracownia w Katedrze Zoologii Bezkręgowców. Powstało ono z inicjatywy jej obecnego kierownika prof. dr. hab. Ryszarda Szadziewskiego, który przekazał do nowopowstałej placówki prywatną kolekcję bursztynu z inkluzjami.

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    • Amber Museum in Gdansk

      In the very heart of Gdańsk's Old Town, within the Gothic walls of the Great Mill - the largest mill in medieval Europe - is located one of the most extraordinary museums in the world. The Amber Museum invites you on a journey through millions of years of history, art and nature, whose protagonist is amber - the gold of the Baltic, a stone full of light, life and mystery.

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    • The Warsaw Amber Collection at the Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw

      The Warsaw Amber Collection is currently one of the world's largest collections of Baltic amber and other fossil resins. The multi-departmental Museum of the Earth, currently operating as a unit of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has, apart from the amber collection, geological, mineralogical, petrographic (including a significant number of meteorites), palaeobotanical, palaeozoological collections, as well as materials - in the archive and library - from the history of geological sciences and the protection of...

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