Amber museum. Have prepared: Great Julia, Gibzun Ekaterina 9«A» 2011.

What is the amber? Amber — pitch from which jewels make, medicines. Amber has many poetic names — "sea tears", "sun gift" etc. Was considered that "sea semi- precious stone", a semiprecious stone - Amber brings happiness, rescues from evil ghosts and illnesses. It is given as a token of friendship. In Russia amber named a mythical stone-stone, in ancient Rome - "electron". It willingly bought, exchanged.

But if to speak from the scientific point of view Amber is a fossil pitch of ancient coniferous trees (age, which presumably 40 million years). In the nature meets in the form of grains and pieces in the size from 1 till cm, however find also very large pieces - weight to 10 kg. Their form can be the most various. In transparent versions of amber inclusions of fossil insects and the vegetation rests are found out.

Myths and legends about a mysterious solar stone.

Ancient Greek.

The Lithuanian.

Amber museum in Kaliningrad. The museum has been based in Its basic premise is a tower of 19 centuries, there is no time entering into system of defensive strengthenings of Kenigsberga. The museum exposition, despite amber monotony, is rather various and fascinating. Only one stones containing remains of animals and plants of ancient epoch, here is about 1000 copies.

The Amber museum in Kaliningrad – one of unique in own way museums, analogs to which is only in Klaipeda and Palange (Lithuania). All exposition of a museum is devoted only to one surprising stone – to amber. And it is no wonder, after all in the Kaliningrad region is about 90 % of world's reserves of this mineral.

Among the most curious exhibits – the reconstructed elements of the well-known Amber room which has been stolen during the Second World War by Germans and which site remains till now secret. There was in a museum a place and for the modern art. Amber sculptures and ornaments here are presented by artists of Baltic, St.- Petersburg and Kaliningrad

Mysterious corridor. The unknown corridor is found in the Kaliningrad Museum of amber. Finds in a corridor it is not revealed. This element of a building becomes an exposition part.

The impressions received from viewing of exhibits, it is possible to comprehend in located in the same place, in the only thing in a city. The input in a museum is remarkable a new door and the work schedule. Besides, at us cultural that a step - that an urn. An input - paid, but not so to remove last shirt. It is possible to photograph outside though to a nausea, and inside if not especially to advertize. There sit, very sharp-sighted grannies of Stalin training.

Practically, the typical Middle Ages. The impression such that now will jump out guards and, at the best, will chain in shackles and will drag in "dungeon" which here it is not less, than "front rooms". Well, and there room of tortures tools are spread out also a rack hangs down. Why it does not occur? Yes it was not simple commands. WHILE...

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