This museum shows that almost any raw material can be turned into a musical instrument. Housed in a 16th-century Gothic house, the wonderful 7000-piece collection includes wood and bone flutes, unusual reed pipes, three-string cellos, and both basic and elaborately carved kanklės (zithers).
Povilas Stulga Lithuanian Folk Music Instruments Museum
Kaunas
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