Visit Europos Parkas, the leading open-air contemporary art museum. Europos Parkas was founded in 1991 by Lithuanian sculptor Gintaras Karosas. The goal of the museum is to give an artistic significance to the geographic centre of the European continent and to present the best examples of modern and contemporary art. The exhibition spans an area of 55 hectares and displays over 100 works created by artists from 33 countries in the world. The collection includes large-scale ...
Over 100 life-size wax figures on two floors including everybody from the late Pope John Paul II to a 3D reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper to Adolph Hitler no less. The historical building in which the museum is located dates from the 17th century. Initially belonging to the Orthodox Church, in the months preceding Lithuanian independence in 1918 it fell into the of hands the Lithuanian Education Association (Lietuvių Mokslo Draugija) and was briefly the ...
The year of the establishment of the museum could be 1989, when architect Živilė Mačionienė framed a project on reconstruction of Jonas Basanavičius native homestead. In 1991 a house and barn were reconstructed, an exposition of Jonas Basanavičius life and work was launched, old domestic appliances – exhibits were collected throughout Ožkabaliai and Bartninkai. Culture department of Vilkaviškis district took care of the homestead. Later, over some periods, the homeland ...
Kaunas Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was founded in 1919. Museum collections contain about 215 000 specimens, more than 14 000 of them are on display. Nearly all vertebrate animal of Lithuania, abundant collections of exotic wildlife and manufacturing division of biological preparations are also located in the museum. Survey and thematic excursions can be booked. Museum Branches - Ventes Ragas Ornithological station, Juodkrante environmental research laboratory, museum ...
Cultural center of M. K. Sarbievijus in Kraziai- the multi-cultural center, bringing together the cultural center, a library, the Kraziai Area Museum, exhibition and conference hall, tourist information center and the housing sector into a single structure which is located in the restored former Jesuit college. Established in 17 th century I - part Jesuit College in Kraziai became second (after the Vilnius Chamber) of secondary education institutions in Lithuania. In the ...