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Museum of Mazeikiai was established in 1928. It preserves and exhibits archeology, ethnography and folklore art collections of the Samogitian region.
Mazeikiai District Municipality is the founder of the museum.
The first founder of the museum and a long-term director was teacher Stasys Lickunas.
Presently, the museum has permanent exhibits as well as temporal exhibits of history and nature where visitors get to see the items preserved at the museum. Approximately 10 exhibits of this kind are opened annually.
The premises of the museum and its affiliates host different visiting art exhibits as well as various creative camps, symposiums and conferences of artists.
From 1996, the museum owns the Renava park with a castle in it which are located in a picturesque Varduva curve. The castle features a permanent manor culture exhibit and temporal exhibits.
There is an affiliate of the museum in Zidikai small town. It is a memorial museum of writer and philanthropist Satrijos Ragana. The museum exhibits authentic possessions of the writer and her closest people. It also presents the collected material about her.
A memorial museum of sculptor Bronius Pundzius waits for the visitors in a picturesque country house in Pievieniai.
Address:
Museum of Mazeikiai
- Burbos str.9
- Mazeikiai
Tel.: (8-293) 32637. Fax.: (8-293) 32159
Renavas manor museum
- Renavas village
- Mazeikiai district
- Tel.: (8-293) 43668
Memorial Museum of Writer Satrijos Ragana
- Zidikai
- Mazeikiai district
- Tel.: (8-293) 43310
Memorial Museum of Sculptor Bronius Pundzius
- Pieveniai village
- Mazeikiai district
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Samogitian Cultural Association Editorial Board, 1998-2000 Page updated 2003.05.15 . Comments to: samogit@delfi.lt |
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