The Palanga Amber Museum occupies Tiškevičiai Palace in Palanga, Lithuania, near the Baltic Sea. The palace is a Neo-Renaissance building completed in 1897 for Feliks Tyszkiewicz, a member of a noble family with a long presence in Palanga. The German architect Franz Heinrich Schwechten designed it. After damage in both world wars, it was restored in 1957 to plans by Alfredas Brusokas.
The amber museum opened in 1963 with about 480 pieces. It holds about 28,000 amber pieces, roughly 15,000 of which contain insects, spiders or plants. Displays cover 15 rooms. The Sun Stone, Europe's third-largest amber specimen, weighs 3,526 grams.
The surrounding botanical garden covers about 100 hectares. The French landscape architect Édouard André and his son René Édouard André designed it.
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