Lectures on Maucher's Casket

2024-06-24

The Castle Museum in Malbork invites you to lectures that will take place as part of the temporary exhibition Christoph Maucher. An amber casket full of secrets and a scientific project: Technological research on the casket by Christoph Maucher, the most valuable amber object in the collection of the Malbork Castle Museum.

The lectures will be conducted by experienced amber researchers representing various fields of science, including: art historians, chemists, conservators, artists, academic lecturers. Some of the speakers belong to the International Amber Association.

The first meetings will be held on June 25th and 27th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room, Karwan on the occasion of World Amber Day. Admission to the events is free.

 

Meeting I

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

17:00 – 17:20 Katarzyna Kita, Malbork Castle Museum, International Amber Association

What does Christoph Maucher's box hide?

17:20 – 18:10 dr hab. engineer Ewa Wagner-Wysiecka, prof. PG, Gdańsk University of Technology, International Amber Association

Physicochemical methods for examining museum and archaeological objects made of amber(?)

18:10 – 18:30 Lech J. Zdrojewski, OKO-LICE KULTURY Foundation, International Amber Association

Amber in the artist's hand - amber in the recipient's eye

Meeting II

Thursday, June 27, 2024

17:00 – 17:45 Jolanta Ratuszna, Castle Museum in Malbork

Christoph Maucher's amber box in the light of technological research – part 1

17:45 – 18:30 Dr. Anna Ryguła, Dr. Anna Klisińska-Kopacz, Laboratory of Analysis and Non-Destructive Testing of Historic Objects of the National Museum in Krakow

Christoph Maucher's amber box in the light of technological research – part 2


Information about subsequent meetings will be available soon on the website: https://zamek.malbork.pl/