Eustachy Tyszkiewicz

Eustachy Tyszkiewicz

Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814-1874) was a former Polish-Lithuanian noble, archaeologist and historian from Grand Duchy of Lithuania (former confederal part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the time incoroporated into Russian Empire). He's noted as being the first archaeologist with systematical approach in the Belarusian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian lands, and had a great influence on the upcoming generations of archealogists.cite book | last = Venclova | first = Tomas | authorlink = Tomas Venclova | title = Vilniaus Vardai | publisher = | date = 2006 | location = Vilnius | pages = 174| url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 9986-830-96-6 ] .

Eustachy was a brother of historian Konstanty Tyszkiewicz.

In 1855 he founded the Archaeological Commission in Vilnius (Vilna). In 1858 he also founded the Museum of Antiquities ("Muzeum Starożytności") there. In 1865 after Governor Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov transferred most valuable parts of collection to Moscow, and closed the commission, Eustachy went to Biržai and spent most of his time there. He published a study on history of Biržai in 1869. Eustachy Tyszkiewicz died in Vilnius, and is buried in Rasos cemetery.

Parts of the museum, that remained after Russian, German and Polish "evacuations" became the basis of what later became National Museum of Lithuania.

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