Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum

Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum

The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was established in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1918, after Tadas Ivanauskas moved his collection of hunting trophies to Kaunas.

It currently contains thousands of taxidermically preserved animals in an edifice comprised of four large floors.


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