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Kaunas “Santara” Gymnasium. Goda Jurskytė, Justina Kilikauskaitė, Aironas Los. Amber R oad. Aims of the Presentation. To acquaint with the history of amber. To deepen the knowledge about the objects of Amber Road in Lithuania.
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Kaunas “Santara” Gymnasium Goda Jurskytė, Justina Kilikauskaitė, Aironas Los AmberRoad
Aims of the Presentation • To acquaint with the history of amber. • To deepen the knowledge about the objects of Amber Road in Lithuania. • To show the significance of Amber Road in the development of culture, art and science.
Amber • A mineral of organic origin, formed from conifer tree resin. • More than 250 known kinds with new ones discovered every year.
Baltic amber • “Northern gold”. • Contains no heavy metals. • Can be used in medicine and cosmetic. • 80 % of the world’s amber is found in the Baltic Sea region.
Amber road • Amber was exported at least from 16thcentury. • Amber was transported from Northern countries to the Mediterranean Sea coast and further.
Amber road • Baltic amber has been found in the grave of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. • It also reached the old Phoenicia, Greece, Rome.
Amber road objects in Lithuania • Amber collection place in Karkle, Lithuania; • Amber Museum in Palanga; • Open amber workshop in Palanga; • MizgirisAmber Gallery-Museum in Nida; • Amber Bay in Juodkrante; • Lithuania Minor History Museum in Klaipeda; • SamogitianAlka in Sventoji. • National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania.
Amber collection place in Karkle Karkleis a village on the coast of the Baltic Sea, between Palanga and Klaipeda. It is the place where most Lithuanian amber is found.
Dutchman‘s Cap • A hill with a 24,4 m high bluff. • Located in the Seaside Regional Park, near Karkleon the coast of the Baltic Sea. • Has been used navigational guide for sailors and fishermen.
Amber Museum in Palanga • Founded in former count Tiskeviciusmanor house in 1963. • Renovated in 2015.
Exhibits • About 29,000 exhibits, 4,500 on display. • About 15,000 exhibits contain inclusions of insects, spiders or plants. • The Sun Stone – the third largest amber specimen in Europe (3,5 kg, 21x19x15 cm).
Open amber workshop in Palanga • Open for visitors amber workshop in Palanga.Here members of Palanga amber masters’ guild demonstrate amber processiontechnology.
Open amber workshop in Palanga The visitors can also try their hand at it.
Mizgiris Amber Gallery-Museum in Nida • Founded by Virginija and KazimierasMizgiriai in 1995.
Mizgiris Amber Gallery-Museum in Nida Visitors can individually visit outdoor exposition and take a walk by “Amber Road”.
Mizgiris Amber Gallery-Museum in Nida It contains many works made by popular Lithuanian authors.
Amber Bay in Juodkrante Founded in 1855, while canalizing the waterway nearJuodkrante.
Amber Bay in Juodkrante • Excavating works were performed only in the summertime – around 30 weeks per year.
Amber Bay in Juodkrante • From 1860 till 1890, approximately 75 thousand kilograms of amber on the average per year were excavated.
The History Museum of Lithuania Minor • The museum is located in Klaipeda, Lithuania. • This musuem has an amber exhibition from V-VI century.
The History Museum of Lithuania Minor • There you can find different kinds of amber, learn its history, see ancient jewelry which was made out of amber and was used not only was an adorment but also as money.
Samogitianalka,Sventoji • Located inSventoji, Lithuania. • It’s an old pagan sacred place with palaeoastronomic observatory which was recreated in 1998.
Samogitianalka,Sventoji • Each column corresponds to the names of mythological Gods and Goddesses of the Balts.
National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania • The museum is located inthe capital of Lithuania – Vilnius. • It was originally constructed in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the future Kings of Poland. • For four centuries the palace was the political, administrative and cultural centre of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
This museum has probably the oldest amber found in Vilnius. It’s an amber bead which was found by archaeologists in the Old Vilnius settlement. National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania
Conclusions • Gained more experience in searching for information. • Found a lot of new information about Amber Road objects in Lithuania. • Developed the English language skills.
Questions • How much amber is found in the Baltic Sea region? • Where did the Amber Road use to end? • What is another name for Baltic amber? • Which object has been used as a navigational guide? • How much does the Sun Stone weight? • In which century there was plenty of amber workshops but no masters in Palanga? • When did openforvisitorsamberworkshopsopen? • In which 2 cities of Lithuania you can find Mizgiris AmberGallery-Museum? • For how long worksofamberexcavationwereperformedin Juodkrante? • What was the amount of amber excavated from Juodkrante? • What was Amber used for? • What is thought about the amber treasure which was found in Sventoji? • What was the original purpose of the National Museum? • How was National museum used for 4 centuries? • How are the local inhabitants of LithianiaMinor called?
