Kretinga Museum

Lithuania


A crumbling winter garden attached to the Kretinga Museum houses a tropical mirage of 850 species of exotic plants. The museum itself is located in one of the many homes of the Tyszkiewicz family of Polish nobles. Find the museum west of the centre in the Kretinga city park.


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