Lithuanian Sea Museum

The Lithuanian Sea Museum is located in the northernmost point of the Curonian Spit (arrival only by ferry or boat to Smiltyne). The Museum houses aquariums with fish species from Lithuania's fresh waters, the Baltic Sea and tropic seas, as well as a permanent exposition of prepared samples of marine fauna. Penguins, Baltic Sea seals and Steller's Sea lions live in the outdoor pools next to the aquarium building. In the dolphinarium you can catch shows with dolphins and the Californian sea lions. There is also an exposition of the history of Lithuanian navigation and former gunpowder magazines, while a collection of ancient and modern anchors is placed on former cannon platforms. An ethnographic fisherman's farmstead has been built on the shore of the Curonian Lagoon at the place where the old Kopgalis fishing village used to stand. Next to the farmstead there is a ground with fishing vessels which gave a start to industrial fishing in Lithuania.