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TadasSileika
You feel like stepping into Lithuanian royalty history when you enter the Tiskevicius mansion. The displays are interesting and kids will definitely enjoy seeing different insects stuck in million year-old amber.
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NerijusJ
If you are visiting Palanga it's main place to go, of course if you are looking for some real facts and history of Palanga and Lithuania. In this museum I were already 4 times with random visiting groups, and I can still recommend this place.
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691mariusd
The Palanga Amber Museum, near the Baltic Sea in Palanga, Lithuania, is a branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum. It is housed in the restored 19th-century Tiškevičiai Palace and is surrounded by the Palanga Botanical Garden. The museum's collection of amber comprises about 28,000 pieces, of which about 15,000 contain inclusions of insects, spiders, or plants. About 4,500 pieces of amber are exhibited; many of these are items of artwork and jewelry.
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eja117
The scenery and layout is just superb. Historical and scientific at the same time. The birds are friendly. The shop is great.
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Mehmetbastug
Place is quite good but small and if you have isic card its cheapper. They have beautiful garden wiev as well.
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JanE_Bohlin
In the middle of the beautiful and well maintained Palanga Botanical Park you’ll find the Amber Museum in a castle like building. When I visited the exhibition it was moved into the basement because of restorations of the upper building, but it was still impressive with informative texts and magnifying glasses for to study the amber inclusions. It says that this amber collection is one of the best in the world. This museum is really worth a visit.
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161John21
Lithuania was a very different experience: a country with a unique language (close to Sanscrit in origin), a history of occupation by larger neighbours and independent only since 1990. We landed at Klaipeda, and the rainy weather broke just as we were leaving the ship. We took a bus trip to Palanga - a seaside resort, home to a huge botanical park with a 19th-century, neo-Renaissance mansion that houses a huge amber museum. The walk through the park was striking - more a 21st century design than a 19th century one: very few formal garden spaces, one large, meandering pond with a small island, walking bridges, ducks and a pair of swans. The many curving, easily walkable, trails wandered through a natural pine and mixed hardwood forest. After @ a 45+ minute walk through the woods, we came upon a straight, broad, paved carriage path crossing and a sand mound with a wooden walkway going up it. Only when we neared the top of the mound did we see the sea - wind driven, roiling waves, and sand beach as far as you can see. I kept thinking, our landscape architect friend would love this place. The amber museum was quite extensive, and the talk on amber interesting, but nothing to match the park. When we returned to the old town of Klaipedia, we were ready to return to our ship, rest and look at our pictures.
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174dainiusk
Palanga is the most beatufil Lithuanian holiday city. And Amber musiem is the most visited Palanga place.
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JazzyDaveG
I have to confess a bias before proceeding - I'm a mineral collector so a visit to Lithuania without a visit to an amber museum would be unthinkable. Although the display area is not large it is educational, and I came away with a better understanding of (and appreciation of) amber. My biggest criticism is that they did not have books on amber for sale in the gift shop, which was disappointing considering the museum theme. The surrounding park and gardens are very pleasant for just wandering about. I wouldn't go to Palanga just to see this museum but it's worth a visit if you are already there.
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Rambolec
It's a small museum with amber exposition. If you want to know where do we have amber from and to see some nice pieces of amber or jewellery, you can go there. It will take not more than an hour. But park around is great for long walks.