A positively charming museum made even more appealing by the smiling and helpful ladies who look after it, spread out over two separate buildings is a humble but fascinating collection of aerophones, idiophones, membranophones, chordophones and electronophones used extensively although not exclusively in Lithuanian folk music. Among the countless fine examples of horns wrapped in bark, flutes fashioned from birds’ feathers, accordions, kanklės and harmoniums are some real gems, perhaps most notably a stalo boselis dating from 1963, a bizarre, three-stringed bass instrument made from a table and a pig's bladder. As you enter each room a recording of the instruments on display is played to add to the effect, plus there’s a limited but helpful amount of information in English. Named after the Lithuanian musician and ethnomusicologist Povilas Stulga, the museum may not be to everyone’s taste but for anyone with an interest in music and folk culture the place really is recommended.

Admission 4/2Lt.