The Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...

based in

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

, which is a branch of the

M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum The M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum is a group of museums based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is primarily dedicated to exhibiting and publicizing the works of the painter and musician M.K. Čiurlionis (1875–1911). The museum was founded in ...

. The majority of exhibited works were donated by the famous Lithuanian collector Mykolas Žilinskas. In 1991, the sculpture "Man", created by Petras Mazūras in 1986, was erected next to the entrance. In 2020, the post-modernist building of the gallery was included in the Register of Cultural Treasures.„Objekto Nr. 45138 išsamus aprašymas“
Lietuvos Respublikos kultūros vertybių registras.

Image gallery

Centras, Kaunas, Lithuania - panoramio (33).jpg, Main entrance Statue Man in Kaunas (8119889110).jpg, Statue of a Man M. Žilinsko galerijos ekspozicijų salė.jpg, Interior of the gallery

References

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