Address
Stripeikiai (Territory of the Aukstaitija
National Park), LT-30222, Ignalina district.
Phone/Fax (same as of Directorate of the Aukstaitija National Park) +370-386-53135.
Contact person: Zita Stasytienė.
E-mail: anp@anp.lt
Working
hours
From 1st May - to 15th October
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-19.00.
Admission
Adults – 3 Lt; students, pupils – 1 Lt
Guided
tours
Adults – 30 Lt; students, pupils – 20 Lt
Museum’s
Collection
Hives of various types ( hives made of stumps, lying, standing
hives, hives of various shapes etc.), beekeeping tools.
Exposition
The farmstead of the museum
spreads on the hill at the Tauragnele Rill.
The Museum was set up in 1984 by the initiative of Bronius Kazlas.
Wooden sculptures around the museum tell the history of beekeeping in
Lithuania. Their creator is carver Teofilis Patiejunas.
In the museum you can learn about the protection of bee-hollows from bears
and about different kinds of beehives, made of the trunks. Beehives of
this kind were used in Lithuani from the 15th until the beginning of the
20th century. Some sculptures are beehives themselves: the God of bees
Babilas and the goddess Austeja are representatives from Lithuanian
mythology.
The main building was constructed in a traditional way. The beekeeping
equipment and tools are presented here. The photographs will explain how
to climb the tree to reach the bee hollow. Here you will find a beehive
made of straw and many more interesting things. In the next building,
which by its architectural style represents a granary, you will learn
about melliferous herbs and bee products. In the barn you will find the
tools which were used to make beehives.
Across the Tauragnele Rill you will arrive into the world of old myths.
The wooden sculptures illustrate the origin of the bee in mythology of
different cultures: Egyptians, American Indians and Lithuanians.
The Museum is departmental. Its holder is the Aukstaitija National Park.
