Liudas Truikys (1904-1987), one of the most prominent opera stage-designers, collector of the Oriental art. His works could be a unique example of synthesis in art where ideas of Egyptian and Japanese art can be clearly traced.
The museum was opened in the house of famous Lithuanian sculptor Juozas Zikaras (1881-1944), creator of the Liberty monument in Kaunas. Sketches, drawings, plaster models and original works are on display in the artist's workshop.
The museum was founded in 1963 in the house that belonged to Čiurlionis' parents. M.K.Čiurlionis (1875-1911), the eminent Lithuanian artist and composer lived here in his young days and used to spend his holidays when a mature artist.