Since 2006, it has been operating Amber Museum<\/a> A branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Gda\u0144sk. Modern exhibitions display natural history collections (including a lizard's inclusion in amber), traditional crafts, a collection of art by Gda\u0144sk masters from the 16th\u201318th centuries, and contemporary artistic works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Museum of Inclusion in Amber<\/a> The University of Gda\u0144sk has already amassed over 14,000 inclusions of animals and plants from palaeogene amber-bearing forests, some of which are shown in the permanent exhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Four smaller amber museums, including three private ones, are located in Stegna, Jantar and S\u0142upsk. The youngest of them is The Amber Museum in Cracow<\/a>, whose ambition is not only to showcase the natural beauty of amber but also to provide broad education (the museum has a spectrometer and undertakes the service of issuing certificates for product examination). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Malbork Castle Museum<\/a> Since 1961, it has been gathering antique amber artworks (350), as well as contemporary ones (900) and natural specimens (750). Some are on display in the exhibition. Amber contexts<\/i> \u2013 among them: an altar from 1687, caskets from 18th-century Gda\u0144sk amber craftsmen, and the cabinet of Stanis\u0142aw August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the Czartoryski Museum in Pu\u0142awy, one can view the 16th-century amber goblet of Charles V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Krakow, at the National Art Collections in Wawel, there is a chessboard with amber elements (17th century) and an amber cup, and in the Cathedral Museum \u2013 an amber rattle (17th century) and a medallion with a portrait of King Stephen B\u00e1thory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contemporary art jewellery <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Museum of Goldsmithing Art, a branch of the Vistula Museum in Kazimierz Dolny, there is a collection of silver amber jewellery by 28 artists, created between 1960 and 1980, and over 300 \u201eetudes\u201d (jewellery pieces) and \u201egoldsmithing illustrations\u201d made of amber combined with silver and\/or other materials in 2001 by 70 artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artistic amber jewellery \u2013 contemporary and from the late 20th century \u2013 is also held in the collections of, among others, the Regional Museum in Konin, the Copper Museum in Legnica, the Museum in Gliwice, the Museum of the Mazovian Nobility in Ciechan\u00f3w, and the National Museum in Warsaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n W Archaeological Museum of the City of Gda\u0144sk<\/a> Since 1997, a permanent exhibition with a catalogue has been on display. Amber through the millennia<\/i>. In addition to archaeological artefacts, the exhibition presents the genesis of Baltic amber; amber therapy; Polish folk amber traditions; and a selection of contemporary artistic amber creations. At the \u201eB\u0142\u0119kitny Lew\u201d Archaeological Education Centre, the Museum showcases, among other things, a medieval amber craftsman's workshop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Warsaw, on display The Prehistory of the Polish Lands<\/i> amber beads from the Neolithic period from Z\u0142ota, from Bronze Age and early Iron Age sites, turned beads from the Roman period, including those from Basonia, as well as early medieval beads, pendants, and crosses are found. The Archaeological Reserve of the I-V Century CE Trading Settlement in Pruszcz Gda\u0144ski is a complex of houses with a amber craftsman's workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the National Museum in Szczecin, the Neolithic amulet \u2013 a figurine of a bear cub found near S\u0142upsk \u2013 is particularly noteworthy, its post-war history culminating in its return to its original location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A portion of amber from the Partynice hoard, dating to the 1st century BCE, is on display at the Archaeological Museum in Wroc\u0142aw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201eThe \u201dAmber Treasure\" from the 2nd century AD is held in the collection of the Museum of the Puck Land in Puck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Archaeological Museum in Toru\u0144 has Neolithic amber artefacts from the Roman and medieval periods, while Neolithic ones are held in the collections of the Toru\u0144 District Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Podlaskie Museum in Bia\u0142ystok has a large collection of Baltic and Przeworsk culture artefacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Kalisz Region Museum in Kalisz showcases amber in its permanent exhibitions in Kaliszu and at the Archaeological Reserve in Zawodzie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Konin Regional Museum has been conducting archaeological field research for years \u2013 some of the amber finds can be viewed at the \u201eAmber Route\u201d site. Konin is identified with Setidava from Ptolemy's map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A sword bead made of amber with almandine from the 5th century AD is among other amber artifacts in the Archaeological Museum in Krakow. A reconstruction of an amber workshop from the Bronze Age is presented at the Archaeological Open-Air Museum in Trzcinica, known as Carpathian Troy (a branch of the Podkarpackie Museum in Krosno). <\/p>\n\n\n\nMasterpieces of amber craftsmanship <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Archaeological collections, amber treasures, reconstructions <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>The Archaeological and Historical Museum in Elbl\u0105g is exhibiting, among other items, beads from Gothic cemeteries dating from the Roman influence period, as well as an \u201eimported\u201d wine-drinking set from the early 3rd century AD found in Weklice. At the exhibition dedicated to the early medieval (9th\u201310th century) emporium of Truso, you can see amber playing pieces for the game of Hnefatafl. Furthermore, within the reconstruction of an old amber workshop, a treasure is on display \u2013 approximately 10 kg of amber nuggets. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPolish folk amber traditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n