Horse Museum (Lithuania)

[1][2][3] The Horse Museum was opened for visitors in 1978 by professor and agronomist Petras Vasinauskas [lt].

[4] In 1975, Vasinauskas realized that horses were being replaced my machinery and thus no longer valued in Soviet collective farming.

To raise awareness of this issue, Vasinauskas together with a journalist traveled more than 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) across Lithuania in a horse cart.

), means of transportation (carts, sledges) and their parts, and work tools of various crafts (reenacting pre-modern works of a weaver, potter, baker, blacksmith, jeweler and wood carver).

The museum also exhibits written documents, postal stamps, wood carvings, etc.