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Lithuanian Sea Museum
Smiltynes str. 3, Klaipeda
Tel.: +370 46 490754, 490740
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Dolphinarium | Marine fauna | Sea birds | Sea mammals | The history of navigation | Aquarium-Sea Museum | Veteran vassels | Fishermans farmstead | Museum activities
| Exposition of marine fauna |
A coral reef of the Caribbean Sea
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The exhibition of marine fauna takes the visitors to the
mysterious depths of the seas. What a diversity of sea creatures has the
nature created, what an abundance of colors and forms one can encounter
there! The Sea Museum is proud of its collections of corals and seashells,
because they are the richest collections of this kind in Lithuania. Most
of the corals displayed at the Museum are madreporic. These are builders
of coral reefs, as they form huge reefs in the tropic waters. In its
exhibit storage rooms and showcases the Museum has collected about 20 000
mollusc shells. Among the exhibits there are very rare shells, such as
samples of holotypes after which new mollusc species have been defined.
The prepared sea animals are displayed according to the scientific system,
from primitive ones to mammals.
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Mollusc shells. Tridacnas
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They are sponges, corals, mollusc shells
(gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods), starfish and sea urchins, crabs,
lobsters, spiny lobsters, sharks, turtles, sea birds and mammals. Some of
the items always attract visitors' attention: an impressive jaw of a huge
sperm-whale, a stuffed walrus and a baby walrus , a gigantic tridacna
clam, a huge leatherback turtle, a penguin biogroup and nests of Northern
birds, eiders. Currently the sea fauna expositions are under
reconstruction. The renewed displays will use modern technical devices to
accentuate principles of environmental protection, there will be a
separate educational programme for school students and young people. The
exposition should become more attractive, impressive and modern. |
Starfish and sea urchins |
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