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Abbreviation

LAM

Address

Veiverių g. 132, Kaunas, LT-46338, Kauno m. sav., Lietuva

Phone No

+370 372 955 47

Fax No

+370 372 955 47

E-mail

aviacijos.muziejus@gmail.com

Website

http://www.lam.lt/

Type by theme

technika

Institution code

190756468

Bank account number

LT 53 7300 0100 0223 3885

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Information about the museum

The Lithuanian Aviation Museum was founded in 1990 and is located in Aleksotas, Kaunas, on the grounds of the Darius and Girėnas Airfield. The museum operates in the former site of the Kaunas civil airport.

Exhibits include over forty different aircraft. Among the exhibits inside and outside the museum are gliders, airplanes, military aircraft and helicopters that were manufactured and used in Lithuania. One of the most popular exhibits is the replica of the Lituanica aircraft. The famous Lithuanian aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas were among the first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in the same model of plane in 1933. Visitors can explore a collection of aircraft engines, model planes, historical photographs and other exhibits, as well as take a seat in the pilot training cabins of the An-2 aircraft and a helicopter. The museum also houses an exhibition on the history of firefighting.

The branches of the Lithuanian Aviation Museum include the birthplaces of the famous Lithuanian aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, who in 1933 were one of the first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean in the Lituanica aeroplane, and the commemorative exhibitions installed there.

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	Birthplace-Museum of the Pilot Steponas Darius	Dariaus k., Judrėnų sen., LT-96292, Klaipėdos r. sav., Lietuva	Information about the branch / unit The Birthplace of Steponas Darius is a branch of the Lithuanian Aviation Museum. In the Rubiškė homestead (today – Darius village), where Steponas Darius (Steponas Jucevičius, 1896–1933) was born and grew up, the commemorative exhibition was opened in 1993 to mark the 50^_th anniversary of the Lituanica flight. The Lituanica was an experimental aircraft operated by Lithuanian Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, 1933. successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean and crashed less than a tenth of the way to the final destination (Kaunas, Lithuania). Visitors to the museum are invited to get acquainted with the most important events of S. Darius' life and the details of the flight across the Atlantic.
	Birthplace-Museum of the Pilot Stasys Girėnas	S. Girėno g. 24, Vytogalos k., Upynos sen., LT-75241, Šilalės r. sav., Lietuva	Information about the branch / unit The Birthplace of Stasys Girėnas is a branch of the Lithuanian Aviation Museum. In the birthplace of Stasys Girėnas (Stanislovas Girskis, 1893–1933), in the village of Vytogala, the reconstruction of the house and granary of the pilot enabled the opening of the commemorative exhibition supplemented with ethnographic Samogitian exhibits. Stasys Girėnas served in the American Army Air Force, later attended flight school, and became an expert pilot. In 1927 he met Steponas Darius. Together they planned to make the Lituanica flight. They flew across the Atlantic in 1933 and died near Soldin, Poland. The pilot's resting place is in Kaunas. Every year in mid-July in Vytogala the anniversary of Darius and Girėnas flight and their death is commemorated.

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