Meetings around the Maucher Casket – lectures

As part of the ongoing temporary exhibition Christoph Maucher. An amber casket full of secrets and a scientific project A Technological Study of the Christoph Maucher Casket, the most Valuable Amber Exhibit from the Collections of the Malbork Castle Museum

we invite you to a series of meetings around the casket.

The meetings are popular science lectures conducted by experienced amber researchers representing various fields of science, including art historians, chemists, conservators, artists and university lecturers. Some of the speakers are members of the International Amber Association.

The first two meetings are scheduled to take place on 25 and 27 June to mark World Amber Day.

Detailed schedule of meetings:

time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM

meeting place: Conference room, Karwan

Free entry

1st Meeting

25/06/2024 Tuesday

5:00 – 5:20 PM Katarzyna Kita, Malbork Castle Museum, International Amber Association

What does Christoph Maucher’s casket hide?

5:20 – 6:10 PM Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka, Ph,D,, DSc EE, Professor of the Gdańsk University of Technology, International Amber Association

Physicochemical methods for the study of museum and archaeological amber exhibits(?)

6:10 – 6:30 PM Lech J. Zdrojewski, OKO-LICE KULTURY Foundation, International Amber Association

Amber in the hand of the artist – amber in the eye of the beholder

2nd Meeting

27/06/2024 Thursday

5:00 – 5:45 PM Jolanta Ratuszna, Malbork Castle Museum

Christoph Maucher’s amber casket in the light of technological research – part 1

5:45 – 6:30 PM Dr Anna Ryguła, Dr Anna Klisińska-Kopacz, Laboratory of Analyses and Non-destructive Testing of Historical Objects of the National Museum in Krakow

Christoph Maucher’s amber casket in the light of technological research – part 2

Further meetings are being prepared.

About the exhibition: link

About the project: link