Lithuanian sport Museum

Contacts
Address: Muziejaus g. 7, 9, LT-44279, Kaunas.
Tel./fax (+370 ~ 37) 22 06 91, tel. (+370 ~ 37) 20 98 20.
E-mail: sportomuziejus@yahoo.com
Direktorius Pranas Majauskas.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 11–17.
On every last Tuesday in month the museum is closed.

About the museum
Opened in 1993, the sport exposition of Lithuania War Museum introduces the visitors to the history of Lithuanian sport since its origins until the present time. The most popular sport branch in Lithuania – basketball – occupies the most of the museum area. Among the exhibits is Jones Cup (taken by the ‘Žalgiris’ basketball team in 1986), personal belongings of the basketball players M. Paulauskas and A. Sabonis, etc.
Another sport branches, such as football, handball, boxing, swimming, and rowing, are also represented in the museum’s exposition. The exhibits reflect the life of Lithuanian sportsmen in emigration and exile, the achievements of Lithuanian sport in emigration. In the museum, an original award waist-belt decorated with medals of the Lithuanian P. Mikuličius, a boxing champion of Australia, and a tennis racket belonging to Vitas Gerulaitis are displayed.