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The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum was established in
Kaunas,
Lithuania, in 1919 by
Tadas Ivanauskas
Tadas Ivanauskas (December 16, 1882 – June 1, 1970) was a Lithuanian zoologist and biologist, and one of the founders of Vytautas Magnus University.
Biography
He was born in Lebiodka Manor (today in Belarus) as a third child of Leonard Iwanowsk ...
(1882–1970).
The museum collects and exhibits various animals: hunting trophies,
stuffed animals,
insect collections, skeletons, dissections.
[ It is also an educational and research institution that has four branches: bird ringing stations in Ventė Cape and ]Juodkrantė
Juodkrantė (literally: ''Black Shore'', Kursenieki: ''Šatnūrta'' or ''Šatnūrte'', German: ''Schwarzort'') is a Lithuanian seaside resort village located on the Curonian Spit with a permanent population of about 720 people. A part of Neringa ...
, nature reserves in Čepkeliai Marsh and Lake Žuvintas.[
]
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1919 establishments in Lithuania
Museums established in 1919
Zoology museums
Museums in Kaunas
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