Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus - Naujasis arsenalas / National Museum of Lithuania - New Arsenal (Vilnius - Lithuania)
N 54° 41.239 E 025° 17.347
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In the building of the New Arsenal (Naujasis arsenalas), the oldest preserved building of Lower Castle of Vilnius, you can find the main branch of National Museum of Lithuania (Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus).
Waymark Code: WMF162
Location: Lithuania
Date Posted: 08/05/2012
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In the building of the New Arsenal (Naujasis arsenalas), the oldest preserved building of Lower Castle of Vilnius, you can find the main branch of National Museum of Lithuania (Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus).
National Museum of Lithuania is the largest depository of the Lithuanian historical heritage, where museum valuables reflecting the cultural history of the country are collected, preserved, studied and popularised on a systematic basis. It is also the oldest museum of Lithuania, estabilished as the Vilnius Museum of Antiquities in 1855 on the initiative of culture historian Count Eustache Tyszkiewicz.
In the biggest building which belongs to the NML in Vilnius is the target of this waymark - The New Arsenal, where is located the exposition of history and ethnic culture of old Lithuania.