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    • Amber – not just for autumn and winter

      The first thing that comes to mind with amber? Summer, that's obvious. However, the memory of holidays, warm sunshine and carefree summer days can be cherished all year round – especially in autumn and winter, when we need its warmth the most.

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    • Amber – symbol of victory over the coronavirus

      Workers have given the name „Winner” to a unique 2.48 kg lump of Baltic amber found at the end of May in the Kaliningrad Amber Mine – as a symbol of hope for an early and unconditional victory of Russia and the whole world over the coronavirus pandemic.

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    • The Amber Altar is half finished - an interview with Mariusz Drapikowski

      Media reports about the Amber Altarpiece were exaggerated from the very beginning of its creation. Mariusz Drapikowski, co-creator of the Altarpiece and creator of many significant amber works of sacred themes, straightens out: the project is only half completed. 

      Amber Altar in St Brigid's Church in Gdansk

    • Alatyr 2017: „Architectural Chronicle of the World”

      Over 100 artists from Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia submitted 180 works for the 7th International Amber Art Biennale „Alatyr”, the theme of which was „Architectural Chronicle of the World”.

      Alatyr Grand Prix 2017 for Susanne Elstner from Germany

    • The Story of the Amber King – a conversation with Wiktor Bogdan

      In 2013, he was charged in Russia with tax fraud. Pursued with an arrest warrant, he took refuge in Poland. Although he does not know how this story will end, he is trying to continue his amber business here. 

      Viktor Bogdan wants to continue his amber business in Poland

    • Amber Trip 2015

      Although there were noticeably fewer traders at the Amber Trip trade fair in Vilnius than a year ago, the event can boast an increase in the number of exhibitors and the space occupied. 

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    • There are many ways to talk about amber – an interview with Maks Kwiatkowski

      Amber is a fascinating subject, you just need to know how to reach the audience's consciousness with information about it. Or perhaps even the subconscious…? Max Kwiatkowski, the creator of the private Amber Museum in Jarosławiec, has found a way to do just that. 

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    • The Amber Room is in Wieluń

      A definite attraction of the 8th European Amber Festival in Wieluń – traditionally held on the second weekend of August – will be the Polish premiere of a replica of the famous, lost Amber Room. 

      Wieluń has its own copy of the Amber Room

    • What is worth knowing about inclusions – an interview with Elżbieta Sontag

      Interest in Baltic amber – primarily as a lucrative form of capital investment – is currently huge. Can the same trends be seen in the field of amber inclusions?

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    • What next for the Amber Altar?

      With dimensions of 11 m high and 7 m wide and a total decoration area of 99 m2, it was supposed to be larger than the amber chamber. Are dreams of the Amber Altar as the largest amber work rather likely to come true? 

      Realised fragments of the Amber Altar project

    • On the amber trails – in Kutno

      The Regional Museum in Kutno invites you to the photographic exhibition „On the Amber Trails” prepared by the Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. It can be viewed until 2nd June this year at the Larch Manor House.

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    • Amber reform in Russia

      In 2013, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted a development programme for the Oblast up to 2020, in which considerable attention was paid to the reform of the amber industry. Here are its main provisions.

      Building of the State Amber Manufactory in Kaliningrad (2010)

    • Medals of the Mayor of Gdańsk for amber craftsmen

      For several years now, during the Amberif Fashion and Amber Gala, the Medals of the Mayor of Gdańsk have also been presented – awards for individuals who have made a distinguished contribution to promoting amber and Gdańsk, the World Amber Capital. This year, another five people joined the group of laureates.

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    • Motopomorzanki on the trail of the amber adventure

      At a time when holiday trips mainly take place by the turquoise sea, to towns dotted with all-inclusive hotels, enticing us with fabulous beaches and sweet laziness, the girls riding motorcycles headed East. For it is there that the Amber Road begins – one of the oldest trade routes in this part of Europe.

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    • Unique exhibits in the collection of the Amber Museum in Kaliningrad

      Last year, a temporary exhibition of exceptional amber works from the collection of the Amber House private gallery in St Petersburg was opened at the Amber Museum in Kaliningrad. Some of them will remain in the museum forever.

      Aleksandr Zhuravlyov's "Rus" painting

    • The Amber Room in Wuppertal?

      The search for this eighth wonder of the world, whose value is estimated at 100 million euros, has been going on since 1944. So far without success. What are the chances of finding it in Wuppertal? And why right there?

      A piece of the reconstructed Amber Room

    • Russia's amber coast

      Until June 30th, the "Amber Coast of Russia" exhibition from the collections of the Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum can be viewed at the Museum of the City of Łódź, featuring works by contemporary creators and examples of mass production from the pre-war Amber Manufactory.  

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    • Life in the glow of amber

      On 7th October this year, an exhibition entitled „Life in the rays of amber”, dedicated to the memory of Alexander Zhuravlev, will open in the halls of the Alexander Pushkin Museum in St Petersburg.

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    • Sentence of the killers of Alexander Zhuravlyov

      The criminal proceedings in a St Petersburg court, which in May 2011 led to the conviction of the murderers of Alexander Zhuravlev—a staunch friend of Polish amber specialists, an outstanding restorer of amber antiquities, the restorer of the Amber Room and the creator of a whole range of contemporary works of art—lasted for a year and a half.

      Aleksander Żurawlow with the completed portrait of Tsar Alexander II

    • Amber Festival in Wieluń and Konopnica

      Two thousand years ago, a single amber figurine could buy you a slave – as those who attended previous editions of the European Amber Festival know well. This year, the event will be held for the fourth time on 14 and 15 August in Konopnica and Wieluń.

      Amber processing demonstration using traditional techniques by Eryk Popkiewicz

    • Amber Room – search operations in Kaliningrad

      According to Sergei Trifonov, a Russian historian and lecturer, the Amber Room is still in Kaliningrad, reports the portal www.interia.pl. Search operations are currently underway in the city to test his hypothesis.

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