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Lithuania - Open Air Museum of
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The
Open Air Museum of Lithuania
is a unique and
one of the largest (195 ha) open air ethnographic museums in Europe.
The museum presents the mode of life and traditions of peasants and
townspeople of all Lithuanian ethnographic areas in the late 18th
and early 20th centuries. The museum was established in 1966, in
Rumšiškės on a picturesque coast of Kaunas Lagoon.
There are fragments of villages, authentic farms, century-old
buildings, also a township where pots are shaped, amber and wood
works are done and weaving process of linen is presented.
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The granary at the Open Air museum of Lithuania in
Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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A small windmill at the Open Air museum of Lithuania
in Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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A small town at the Open Air museum of Lithuania in
Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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A chapel by the Aukštaitija village at the Open Air
museum of Lithuania in Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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The farmstead of Žemaitija region at the Open Air
museum of Lithuania in Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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The museum from the birds' eye at the Open Air
museum of Lithuania in Rumšiškės - Kaunus.
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Open Air Museum of Lithuania -
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Photo: Rimgaudas Žaltauskas
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Ignas Miniotas
The Open Air Museum of Lithuania
(Gintarė Jančiūtė) has given
euro-t-guide.com
permission to use these
pictures.
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