The amber exhibition at the \u0141om\u017ca Museum was open from 10 April to 5 October 1950. It was the first post-war temporary exhibition presenting amber in Poland. In 1958 the permanent exhibition \u201eJantar - amber in the Middle Narew basin\u201d was presented. In 1980 the Museum moved to a renovated building at 1 Krzywe Ko\u0142o Street and in the same year the permanent exhibition \u201eAmber of the Middle Narew Basin\u201d was opened to the public. - basically moved from its previous location, with a layout developed in 1958 by Adam Ch\u0119tnik. It was on display until 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December 2015, the exhibition \u201eAmber in the Narew Basin\u201d was opened in a new location at 22c Dworna Street and in a new arrangement. It was recognised as the best exhibition in the \u201eCompetition for the most interesting museum event of 2015 in the Podlasie region\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The collections of the amber department consist of:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The collection of the amber department is a unique regional collection in Poland. It richly documents and illustrates a small fragment of the centuries-long history of amber in the Narew region. As it has been on display as a permanent exhibition for many years, it is amber that is most associated with the collections of our museum. Numerous presentations of the collection in various Polish cities - from Krak\u00f3w to Gda\u0144sk and from Bia\u0142ystok to Pozna\u0144 - as well as repeated displays abroad have also contributed to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although the available deposits of northern gold in Kurpie have been exhausted, the clatter of lathes has died down, and the spinning of spinning wheels has ceased, the magic and charm of the \u201esunny stone\u201d still lives on here. We hope that they will stay with us for a long time - also thanks to the Kurpie amber workers, who continue to process this unique \u201eKurpie gold\u201d, although no longer under thatched roofs and not on wheels. On 3 February 2022, \u201eKurpie amber-making from the Puszcza Zielona\u201d was inscribed on the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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