Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Natural history museum in Kaunas, Lithuania
The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum is a natural history institution in Kaunas that displays thousands of mounted animals, insect collections, skeletons, and anatomical specimens. The collection includes hunting trophies and examples from various parts of the world.
The museum was founded in 1919 when Professor Tadas Ivanauskas brought his personal zoological collection from Lebiodka manor to Kaunas. The institution was originally designed as an educational center for teaching zoological knowledge.
The displays feature animals from Lithuania and around the world through mounted specimens and skeletal displays. Visitors can observe how the collection represents both local fauna and exotic species from distant regions.
The museum is open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday and is located in downtown Kaunas on Laisvės Avenue. Plan to spend two to three hours viewing the displays at a comfortable pace.
This is the only zoological museum in the Baltic states and houses an important collection of animal specimens from various countries. The holdings show how natural history museums in Eastern Europe built their collections over decades.
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