the Lithuanian museum of culinary heritage

Contacts
Address: 'Ida Basar', Subačiaus g. 3, LT–01302 Vilnius.
E-mail: office@idabasar.lt

Information for visitor

Opening hours:
Monday to Sunday 12–22.

Exposition
The exposition of the museum displays numerous collections of cutlery from the 16th–20th centuries, cookery-books, antique kitchen furniture, paintings and other kitchen utensils from Lithuania, Holland, France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, America and Australia.
The visitors of the exposition can find out a lot of interesting facts about the history and origin of various kitchenware.

Events
The museum organises food tasting events, cooking demonstrations and educational programmes about the dishes of Lithuania’s culinary heritage.

Other news
The museum was founded on May 14, 2008 in Birštonas.
Vaclovas Kontrauskas, a businessman and collector, was the founder of the museum.
V. Kontrauskas has been collecting various kitchenware for over 20 years.