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Museum of Ancient Beekeeping
Stripeikiai’s Ancient Beekeeping Museum spins the story of beekeeping through a merry collection of carved wooden statues and hives.
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Girios Aidas
Two kilometres east of town, Girios Aidas has been home to a museum and collection of pagan- and nature-themed wood carvings since 1972.
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Joy of All Who Sorrow Church
The multiple domes of this stunning timber Russian Orthodox church, picked out in sky blue, white and gold, dominate Laisvės aikštė.
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Exile & Resistance Museum
A modest permanent exhibition detailing resistance to foreign (particularly Soviet) occupation in Lithuanias troubled 20th century.
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Vilnius Flower Market
If youre ever invited to a Lithuanian home, this always-open Vilnius institution can supply the perfect token of thanks. Haggling expected.
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Statue of Alexander
A looming likeness of Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (and later King of Poland) in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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Druskininkai Museum
Dedicated to the history of the town and surrounding district, this lakeside museum shows artworks, old maps and documents and everyday artefacts.
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Aleksotas Funicular
This historic funicular at the southern end of Aleksoto Tiltas (Aleksoto Bridge) dates from 1935 and affords great rooftop views of Old Town.
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Photography Museum
The permanent collection features Lithuanian photography from the mid-20th century, and theres an interesting program of special exhibitions.
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Kaunas Botanical Gardens
Gardeners from Vytautas Magnus University tend 65 hectares of rare and wonderful plants. Around 2km south of the Old Town; bus 20 or 35 will get you there.
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St John the Baptist Church
The white-walled St Johns, built in neo-classical and Baroque styles in the 19th century, is the second-most imposing building in Biržai, after the castle.
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St Georges Church
This 15th-century church and monastery has been ruined and rebuilt several times over the centuries, and served both Napoleon and the Soviets as a storehouse.
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Arka
This monument commemorates the 1918 Act of Tilsit and 1923 Klaipėda Revolt, key stages in the incorporation of Lithuania Minor within the rest of the country.
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Site of the Strashun Library
Once one of the worlds largest and most important collections of rabbinical and other Judaic writing, the Strashun was looted and destroyed by the Nazis.
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Dr Jono Šliūpas Memorial House
Fascinating black-and-white photos of old Palanga fill this house, the former home of the town’s first mayor. Closed on Sunday between September and May.
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Pranas Domšaitis Gallery
This branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum exhibits works by the German-Lithuanian expressionist painter Pranas Domšaitis (1880–1965) and former Lithuanian artists-in-exile.
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Egg Statue
This oversized egg on a nest of real twigs resided on Užupis main square until it hatched the Angel of Užupis in 2002 and moved to a grim square west of Old Town.
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Kenessa
This well-maintained wooden prayer house, with its interior dome, is a rare surviving example of Karaite architecture. Arrange a visit at the Karaite Ethnographic Museum .
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Ethnographic Farmstead Museum
This museum (signposted 1.8km from Rusnė) exhibits tools, furnishings and three venerable farm buildings, giving a sense of the harsh basics of traditional Delta life.
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Cultural Center
The Cultural Center plays host to beautiful classical concerts during the Čiurlionis Festival (June to September). It operates irregularly, when events are staged.
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