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Akmenė Region Museum
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Information about the museum
Akmenė Region Museum was founded on January 2 in 2007. Many years before, Akmenė town enlightened, elderly folk artists, collectors pressed district leaders to establish Regional Museum.
The museum preserves and exhibits the collection of Borisas Izenbekas (1910–2006) – one of the most famous diurnal butterflies collectors in Lithuania. Visitors to the museum also enjoy the unique conservatory of live butterflies.
Akmenė Region Museum now has 5 sections: History, Nature, Ethnography, Folk Art and Visual Art. Also, the museum has 2 subdivisions: S. Daukantas Memorial Museum in Papilė, and Lazdynų Pelėda Memorial Museum in Paragiai.
Branches and units of the museum
Lazdynų Pelėda Memorial Museum in Paragiai | Paragių k., Papilės sen., LT-85283, Akmenės r. sav., Lietuva | ||
S. Daukantas Museum in Papilė | J. Basanavičiaus g. 6, Papilė, LT-85243, Akmenės r. sav., Lietuva |