Amber Museum is in the locality Fangs, Buzău county. The museum is located 70 km from Buzău, the county seat of Buzău county. The route takes 1.5 hours by road via DN10, then right in Pătârlagele on DC68 over the Buzău river, then left on DC69 to the destination. Road condition is poor in two places on the last DC. There are road signs at the relevant intersections. Parking is free in a designated parking lot on the right side, 100 meters before the museum. It is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm from October to April, and from 10am to 6pm from May to September after May Day. A full entrance ticket costs 15 lei, the guide costs an extra 49 lei for groups, and is a very detailed and passionate guide to the museum. The guide is Diana Gavrilă and you can contact her.
Amber Museum, formerly the Amber Collection, is open in a traditional house. Here we'll learn about the cave veils from the Bottom of the Cave, about amber, about minerals, about Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci. We will see on display, among other things, amber jewelry and the largest nugget discovered so far.
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The Amber Museum is housed in a traditional house built in 1973-1974. It was inaugurated in 1980. At the beginning it was called the Amber Collection, and after it was enriched with exhibits it became Amber Museum. The house has 3 rooms on the ground floor and several upstairs.
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Amber Museum
traditional building
Fundul Peșterii Cave is located nearby in the perimeter of Nucu, 15 km away, and is included in the route that goes through the rock settlements of the Luana Country. The cave is of particular scientific value due to the evidence of prehistoric art. There are inscriptions carved into the cave walls. The cave is protected from vandalism by a grill at the entrance. The cave was used as a dwelling and a place with a magical-religious role. The inscriptions depict prehistoric weapons, anthropomorphic figures, geometric figures, a ladder, letters and other strange signs. There is also evidence from the Bronze and Iron Ages and the feudal era that the cave was inhabited. The cave is also considered to be a fertility temple and has a vulvar shape. Several fossils of prehistoric animals are on display in the next room.
Amber is a fossil resin derived from some pine species, and is yellow, reddish-brown or greenish-black in color. It melts at 300 degrees Celsius. It may have well-preserved gaseous, earthy, liquid, insect, plant inclusions, some tens of millions of years old. Also called amber or succinite. Romanian amber is also known as rumanite. On display are both raw and processed forms of amber - jewelry. The museum is also home to the largest nugget discovered to date. It weighs 3.5 kg and is the museum's most valuable piece.
Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci was a Romanian geologist, mineralogist and pedologist, who together with Nicolae Iorga and Vasile Pârvan was one of the founders of the Institute of South-East European Studies in Bucharest. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. A room is dedicated to him. Here we find out how resin was processed and what tools were used. We also see a wooden lathe used for polishing, as well as various lamps. A board shows the classification of minerals. A showcase displays some spectacular minerals.
Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci
lamps
wooden lathe
I most liked the rare black amber jewelry, displayed in a showcase, and the amber necklaces. You can buy such jewelry in a shop outside the museum.
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I invite you to visit Amber Museum, unique in Romania. Diana Gavrilă's guide will introduce you to many stories related to amber, this museum and the mysterious Tara Luana.
Visit also Buzău city, Babele de la Ulmet, Luana Country, The Trovans of Chiojdu, House with blazons from Chiojdu, or Mud Volcanoes.
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