The unique Horse Museum
located 8 km outside Anyksciai is the only of its kind
in Lithuania. The importance of the horse to the economy
and agriculture of Lithuania is the main topic of the
exhibits collected in the Museum.
The Museum was founded on
the initiative of professor of agronomy Petras
Vasinauskas (1906-1995). He became famous after his
horse journey across Lithuania. Having in mind the
importance of the horse, P.Vasinauskas together with
journalist Vladas Vaicekauskas in 1975 made the journey
of 1051 km. They travelled across Lithuanian roads for
43 days. Horse Beris was pulling “lineika”.
The professor has chosen
Anyksciai because a lot of tourists come here. The
organizing council was made, the construction of the
Museum started, exhibits were collected in Lithuania.
The Museum was opened on June 10, 1978 and the folk
festival “Run, Stallion, Run” was organized.
Since 1992 Horse Museum
became a branch of A.Baranauskas and
A.Vienuolis-Zukauskas Memorial Museum.
The Museum contains
exhibits-horses alive. Anyksciai agricultural school
takes care of them and also supports with riding horses
or taking a ride in a horse- carriage. Eleven buildings
belong to the Museum. More than 20000 tourists visit
this unique Museum every year.
