near baltic_sea lithuania branch housed restored 19th century palace surrounded botanical garden museum collection amber comprises pieces contain insects spiders plants pieces amber exhibited items artwork jewelry history background baltic_sea coast source amber trade prehistoric times amber road artifacts amber discovered nearby 19th century artifacts unfortunately disappeared 20th century lithuanian mythology folklore art long associations amber legend palace amber baltic shattered god thunder fragments said source amber beaches nearby amber workshops appeared 17th century devoted material functioned danzig end 18th century center russian_empire amber industry years preceding world war kilograms raw amber processed annually member old lithuanian noble family long presence built style palace houses museum designed german architect fell disrepair world war world war palace restored according plans architect opened amber museum branch small collection pieces received visitor august palace incorporated 1990s continues expand exhibits exhibition areas open public include rooms covering square meters chapel connected palace houses temporary exhibitions museum thematically divided scientific cultural artistic aspects amber floor dedicated displays illustrate formation composition amber amber area arose deposits rivers flowing period million years ago processes changed amber illustrated samples amber amber displayed items museum holds europe largest amber specimen sun stone size weighing grams stolen twice amber areas world collection cultural artistic exhibits include 15th century ring 16th century cross amber jewelry past centuries number cigarette holders decorative boxes missing amber artifacts dated era reconstructed selections modern amber work collection including pieces lithuanian artists botanical garden gardens surrounding museum cover hectares designed french landscape architect botanist son assisted belgian local historians estimated originally contained varieties trees shrubs brought gardens berlin imported native plant species represented park included lithuania list endangered species pine fir trees adapted sandy soil park features rose garden greenhouse sculpture queen holocaust memorial ponds summer hosts concerts festivals contains ancient forested sand known hill lithuanian topped chapel dedicated built according legend place grand duke lithuania met wife pagan supposed interred pilgrimage site
Palanga Amber Museum