The Lithuanian Aviation Museum formerly known as the Lithuanian Technical Museum was founded on February 19, 1990, on the base of the Vytautas Magnus Military Museum section of Technical History. It acquired its present name on February 1, 1995. Its director is Algis Lapinskas. The museum is within the jurisdiction of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and is located in Kaunas, Lithuania at the Darius and Girenas airfield which has been in operation since 1915. The museum’s collection contains more than 14,000 exhibits, including 35 aircraft and gliders as well as a 16,000 volume library. Two branches of the museum can be found in the native farmsteads of the famous 1933 Lithuanian transatlantic pilots, Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas. These are located in the Klaipeda and Silute districts respectively. On March 6, 1991 the museum opened its own publishing house „Plieno Sparnai” (Wings of Steel) which has issued 30 publications. Museum is opened 9-17 h daily, except Sundays, Mondays and holidays. If you have a special interests please call us on weekdays between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM (Middle Europe time, GMT+01:00), or contact us via e-mail.

Lithuanian Aviation Museum,
Veiveriu 132, LT-3018, Kaunas
Lithuania
Tel., fax. (370-7) 29 55 47
E-mail: lam@lam.lt