If you want a short and pleasant break from your daily routine, a trip to the Buzoian commune of Colți can offer you a variety of experiences. Here is the Amber Museum, unique in the variety and size of the exhibits, but also in the innovative technologies it possesses.
The building is similar to the peasant houses on Valea Sibiciului. PHOTO I. Bunilă
The Amber Museum is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Buzau County. The notoriety of the institution grew with the establishment of the Buzăului UNESCO Geopark.
Organized as an external section of the Buzău County Museum, the Colți museum houses the collection of natural sciences, totaling over 800 pieces of amber, as well as raw amber.
The museum is visited by many children. SOURCE The Amber Museum
Amber nuggets of different sizes, jewelry such as rings, earrings, medallions, brooches, strings of beads, cigarette holders, tools used in prospecting, extraction and processing of amber predominate in the exhibition.
Among the exhibits at Colți is the largest nugget of Romanian in the world
In the Colţi museum you can find both processed and raw pieces. Among the exhibits we find the world's largest lump of Romanian, 3,480 grams, Colţi amber beads, discovered in Vadu Soreşti, in the 4th century AD, glass beads, carnelian and amber, etc.
This is the biggest nugget to Romanian. SOURCE Buzău County Museum
Due to its particularities, Romanian amber was named Romanian by the geologist Oscar Helm, to differentiate it from other types.
Amber is a fossil resin, being practically a substance secreted by some pine species millions of years ago. In those days, the specialists mention, a large amount of resin oozed from the massive pine trunks, encapsulating everything it encountered: insects, bird flakes, pieces of wood, even small reptiles, such as lizards.
The museum has innovative technologies. A smart display case with a touch screen is functional here, allowing the visitor to explore in detail the objects it contains.
In the Colți museum we also find automated showcases, with synchronized LCD displays and an intelligent lighting system that discreetly guides the visitor's route, live 3D edge furniture, a touchscreen monitor that allows users to access touristic and historical information related to all the rock monuments in the area.
The visitor's experience is also augmented by a soundscape and archival films illustrating the methods of amber extraction and processing captured on film in 1934.
Visiting schedule of the Amber Museum during the Easter Holidays:
April 28 – OPEN
April 29 – May 7 – CLOSED
May 8 – OPEN
