Underground Information Center

After visiting ŽGIC, you can see:

• Mechanized core storage. The core of 1148 wells (over 140 km) is stored in Vievi. A core is a cylindrical column of rock obtained by core drilling. It is the geological record of the area and the main source of information about the depths of the earth.
• Exposition of boulder irons. This exhibition introduces visitors to the minerals that make up boulders and the conditions of their formation in the Earth's crust. It is complemented by the exposure of boulders in the field.
• Outdoor boulder exposure. On an area of 4.20 ha, more than 550 boulders with a volume of up to 5-6 m³, transported from various parts of Lithuania, are arranged in groups. The stones are grouped into 35 groups and arranged according to their chemical composition and petrographic classification. The park was created according to the project of Genė Prakapaitė, the landscape architect of the Kaunas Botanical Garden. It has two water reservoirs, plenty of Lithuanian trees and bushes.
• Memorial exposition of Juoz Dalinkevičius (1893–1980). The exposition includes the founder of the modern Lithuanian school of geologists, academician, prof. Dr. Personal belongings of J. Dalinkevičius, photographs, geological sections, maps, collected samples of Lithuanian rocks, a particularly interesting collection of belemnites and ammonites from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods.
• Exposition of Lithuanian minerals. This exposition shows the most important treasures of the depths of the earth, visitors can get acquainted with the current processes taking place in the upper layers of the earth's surface.
• Alfonso Žukelis paleontological exposition. A collection of 195 fossils is presented here in stratigraphic order. These are findings of all geological systems from various regions of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan. The exposition reflects the evolution of life on Earth from the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic.
• Juozas Lisauskas collection of rare minerals, which introduces unique minerals.
• Stored personal archives accumulated by geologists.

Working hours:

• I-IV: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Fri 8am-3.45pm
• Additional services: advance booking of excursions

Person responsible for excursions
Audra Marčiukaitienė, chief specialist of the Earth's Depths Information Center
tel. +370 646 53748
email mail [email protected]