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===Arts and museums=== {{Main|List of museums in Lithuania}} [[File:Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis - FAIRY TALE (FAIRY TALE OF KINGS) - 1909.jpg|thumb|right|''Kings' Fairy Tale'' (1908–1909) by [[Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis]]]] The [[Lithuanian Art Museum]] was founded in 1933 and is the largest museum of art conservation and display in Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ldm.lt/LDM/History_LAM_en.htm |title=History of the Lithuanian Art Museum |website=Ldm.lt |access-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510013109/http://www.ldm.lt/LDM/History_LAM_en.htm |archive-date=10 May 2011}}</ref> Among other important museums are the [[Palanga Amber Museum]], where [[amber]] pieces comprise a major part of the collection, National Gallery of Art, presenting collection of Lithuanian art of the 20th and 21st century, [[National Museum of Lithuania]] presenting Lithuanian archaeology, history and ethnic culture. In 2018 two private museums were opened – [[MO Museum]] devoted to modern and contemporary Lithuanian art and ''Tartle'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tartle.lt/en/news.html |title=Tartle |website=tartle.lt |access-date=1 November 2018 |quote=The Art Centre TARTLE opened in Užupis district in Vilnius will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with Lithuanian art treasures and historical artefacts from cultural heritage of the pagan times to the contemporary art. The target of the collection and the art centre is not only to collect and bring back to homeland the Lithuanian cultural and historical heritage scattered all over the world.. |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516182614/https://www.tartle.lt/en/news.html |url-status=live}}</ref> exhibiting a collection of Lithuanian art heritage and artefacts. Perhaps the most renowned figure in Lithuania's art community was the composer [[Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis]] (1875–1911), an internationally renowned musician. The [[2420 Čiurlionis]] asteroid, identified in 1975, honors his achievements. The [[M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum]], as well as the only military museum in Lithuania, [[Vytautas the Great War Museum]], are located in Kaunas. [[Franciszek Smuglewicz]], [[Jan Rustem]], [[Józef Oleszkiewicz]] and [[Kanuty Rusiecki]] are the most prominent Lithuanian painters of the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lietuvos tapyba |url=https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuvos-tapyba/ |website=Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija |access-date=12 February 2022 |language=lt |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212224043/https://www.vle.lt/straipsnis/lietuvos-tapyba/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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