Amber Museum (Gintaro Muziejus)

The Amber Museum occupies the elegant 19th-century Tiskevicius Palace, surrounded by a botanical park designed by French landscape architect Edouard André. The collection is substantial: over 25,000 pieces of Baltic amber, displayed with proper care and informative context. Many contain perfectly preserved insects, plants, and other organic material dating back 40 million years.

The exhibits trace amber's role in prehistoric trade, its use as jewellery and medicine, and the modern amber industry along the Baltic coast. The palace building itself is worth seeing — its Neo-Baroque architecture sits strangely and rather beautifully among the park's old trees and winding paths.

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The Baltic region produces about 80 percent of the world's amber, and Palanga sits on one of the richest stretches of Baltic coastline for amber collecting. The museum's collection includes a piece of amber containing 14 different insect species — a frozen moment from 40 million years ago. The oldest pieces in the collection predate the dinosaurs.

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