Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum in Ribnitz-Damgarten, Nordvorpommern, Germany | Museum
Welcome to the Deutsches BernsteinMuseum in Ribnitz-Damgarten.
Bernstein or amber, the "Gold from the Sea", can still to this day be found, of course, with a little luck by strollers on the Baltic coast. The Baltic region was a subtropical forest some 40-50 million years ago and resin from the conifers turned to amber, more precisely, Baltic amber.
Ribnitz-Damgarten calls itself the Bernsteinstadt (Amber Town), due to its history of manufacturing jewelry and other things from amber. It supplies 90 % of the world demand and is the most important of some 300 kinds in the world.
The exhibition at the Deutsches BernsteinMuseum will familiarise you with the nature, the artistic and cultural history and the working of amber. You can learn how to polish amber in the model workshop.
There is also an in house café which can accommodate 46 people.
