Museo Del Ámbar Dominicano

We enjoyed our tour of the amber museum and learned a bit about tobacco production/cigar making as well. There's a very nice gift shop with local cigars and amber jewelry as well. The tour is informative, inexpensive and a nice respite from the heat.

Small museum with several pieces of Amber with various fossils inside. The building is owned by one of the local cigar magnates, so if you wonder why the museum ends with a display of how tobacco is made and a cigar, jewelry and coffee store, you know why.

It was okay, it's fun to look a fossilized stuff, but once was enough

Super cool to see the fossilized insects and flowers within amber dated millions of years old. The guide was really insightful and answered every question I threw his way. They also do a quick cigar tour at the end where they show how Dominican cigars are made. We genuinely had a great time and I would recommend this museum for anyone interested in understanding the source of amber, the fossilization, and mining process.

You can buy the tour or go directly into the gift shop. Ticket was 120DOP or 2USD per person. Our guide was really good. Tour takes around 30minutes to complete and you learn about amber and tobacco origins to its sale in the market. Jewelry prices on the gift shop were a little expensive but you can also buy tshirts, thermal glasses, tobacco accessories and cigars that were a (little bit) more budget friendly.