Antanas Mončys Art Museum

A visit to the Antanas Mončys Art Museum will leave a lasting impression not only on art lovers, but also on children. Why? In accordance with the artist’s wishes, visitors are allowed to touch the sculptures!
The building of the Antanas Mončys Museum was built in the early 20th century by Vladas Navickas, the son of Count Tiškevičius’ estate manager.
Unlike most memorial houses and museums, the house of A. Mončys has no direct connection to the artist himself.
Antanas Mončys (1921–1993) was a modernist sculptor from Lithuania who fled to the West during World War II. Although Mončys never lived in Palanga, he grew up nearby in Mončiai, in the Kretinga district, and always admired this resort town. The second floor of the museum displays works donated to Lithuania after the artist’s death – over 200 sculptures, drawings, graphic works, collages, whistles, and masks, which were previously exhibited in the library building of the former Jūratė sanatorium. The A. Mončys House-Museum opened in 1999, and its reconstruction was supervised by architect Petras Lapė. In 2010, the building was granted the status of a cultural property of local importance.
When adapting the building for use as a museum, exhibition spaces were created, and stylized fragments of the sculptor’s works were used on the exterior: instead of the horses characteristic of traditional Lithuanian decoration, the main façade now features elements of illustrations created by A. The first floor of the museum serves as an exhibition hall with a constantly changing exhibition. The first floor of the museum serves as an exhibition hall with a constantly changing exhibition. Website: www.antanasmoncys.com. A unique Palanga Fairy Tale Park has been open next to the A. Mončys Art Museum since 2016.