On the afternoon of February 18, the Vilnius University Museum of Zoology was visited by the host of the LRT program "Daiktų istorijos", art historian Saulius Pilinkus, and journalist Edita Mildažyte. They tried to discover a story older than that recorded by Prof. T. Ivanauskas and claiming that the first stuffed animals date back to the time of mummies, and in Lithuania the oldest ones are in the Zoology Museum of Vilnius University...

Art historians' Saulius Pilinkus' attention was constantly drawn to the hidden labels and the peeking white-tailed eagle, while journalist Edita Mildažytė was amazed by the story of the bison shot by order of Tsar Alexander II. One of these bison is still with us, and the other was discovered in Zurich by Prof. R. Kazlauskas' son, Dr. Egidijus Kazlauskas (photos below the text)...

It's interesting that Edita's gaze kept falling on the sadly smiling monkey, even though we tried to prove that the most important thing in science is real facts, DNA, and accurately captured physiological anatomical structure, the journalist saw the world differently...

At the request of the show's creators, we will not reveal what is so SECRET that has been hiding in the attic of the Čiurlionis Street building since the Polish times of Vilnius, which Viktorija Kuznecova showed to interested presenters. If you want to find out, we invite you to follow LRT "Daiktų istorijos" and we promise that the VU Zoology Museum will surprise you again!