Ethnographic Fisherman's Museum


The Ethnographic Museum is a peek at Nida in the 19th century, with original weathervanes decorating the garden, and rooms inside arranged as they were a couple of centuries ago. Check out a traditional fishing vessel in the garden and the thicket of weathervanes.


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