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Kaunas Tadas Ivanauskas Museum of Zoology
Contacts
Address: Laisvės alėja 106, LT-44253 Kaunas.
Tel./fax (+370 ~ 37) 22 96 75.
E-mail:
info@zoomuziejus.lt
http://www.zoomuziejus.lt/
Director – dr. Nijolė Gulbinienė.
Information for
Visitor
Opening hours:
Tuesday
to Sunday 11–19.
Admission:
Adults – 2,30 €,
pupils, students, disabled, OAP – 1,40 €.
Guided tours:
charge – 7,20–10,10 €.
Foreign language – 11,50 €.
Ordering excursions by tel. (+370 ~ 37) 22 25 43.
Additional services
A workshop of biological preparations functions at the museum
employees of which can make hunting and fishing trophies, stuffed animals
and birds, equip biology rooms.
Collection
There are more then 250 000 exponents in the Museum’s collection:
invertebrates, insects, fishes, amphibian and reptile, birds, mammalian.
Different forms of displays are prepared for collections – stuffed animals
and birds, skeletons, moist preparations, fells, skin, anatomical
preparations etc.
Expositions
Exposition of Invertebrates;
Exposition of Insects;
Expositions of Fishes and Reptiles;
Exposition of Birds;
Exposition of Mammalia;
Exposition of Hunting Trophies;
Exposition of Palenthologian Collections;
Tadas Ivanauskas Memorial Room.
Exhibits from expeditions, trips, and private persons’ presents
constantly supplement exposition.
Taxidermists of the museum make exhibits. Unique sized giraffes,
hippopotami, aurochses, orang-outangs, camel have also been hand-made by
taxidermists of the museum.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
of conservation of nature, biotechnical means, hunting trophies are being
prepared at the Museum.
Cultural, educational activity
Annually thematic excursions for pupils and students are being organized;
Co-operation with Kaunas schoolchildren’s environmental study center is
carried on;
Lectures following the preliminary plan are delivered;
Consultations are given to students, interpreters/translators;
Traditional competitions of young recites to commemorate Tadas Ivanauskas’
birthday anniversaries are organized.
Departments
Department of Mollusca;
Department of Insects;
Department of Fishes;
Department of Reptiles;
Department
of Birds;
Department of Mammalia.
Center of Ringing Birds (Tel. +370 ~ 37 20 58 70);
Department of Excursions;
Department of Art.
Branch
Museums
Ornitological Station Ventės Ragas
Ventės rago ornitologijos stotis
Marių g. 24, Ventė, Kintai, LT-99361 Šilutės Region.
Tel. (+370 ~ 441) 44 516.
Juodkrantė Environmental Monitoring Laboratory
Juodkrantės aplinkos tyrimų laboratorija
Miško g. 4, Juodkrantė, LT-93102 Neringa.
Tel. (+370 ~ 469) 53 151.
E-mail ligita.pareigiene[at]gmail.com
Museum in the State Nature Reservation of Čepkeliai
Muziejus Čepkelių valstybiniame gamtiniame rezervate
Šilagėlių g. 11, Marcinkonys, LT-65027 Varėnos rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 310) 44 428.
Other
news
The naturalist and Professor Tadas Ivanauskas founded the Museum in 1919.
Museum’s establisher – Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of
Lithuania.
Photos from the Tadas Ivanauskas Zoology Museum
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