Silale Vladas Statkevicius Museum

Fax.: +370-449-51572

Info Telefon: +370-449-51572
Besucher-Email: silale.muziejus@gmail.com

Monday to Thursday 8.00-12.00; 12.45-17.00.
Friday 8.00-12.00; 12.45-15.45 h

"The museum contains collections of archaeological finds, ethnographic and historical exhibits. It accumulates personal possessions of the area’s prominent figures and the stories of villages, which have disappeared. " (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Stasys Girenas Birthplace

Lithuanian Aviation Museum

"A memorial exposition in the Vytogala village, the birthplace of Stasys Girenas (Stanislovas Girskis, 1893-1933). He served in the US airborne squadron, attended a flying school and became an experienced pilot.
In 1927 he met Steponas Darius, they together prepared to fly the “Lituanica”, crossed the Atlantic in 1933 and perished near Soldin. The aviators are buried in Kaunas. " (Museums of Lithuania)

 

The Museum of Rev. Kazimieras Jaunius, the Linguist

Info Telefon: +370-449-79407

Tuesday to Saturday 11.00-15.00 h.

"The exhibits tell about the Jaunius’ family, their private life.
The museum was founded in 1980 and was a branch of the Siauliai “Ausra” Museum until 1994.
The museum started establishing in 1962 when the section of Silalë was founded in the Lithuanian Society of Ethnography.
In 1976 the museum acquired special premises and transferred there many exhibits collected by amateur ethnographers from district school museums. The Alka Museum of Samogitians protected the museum.
In 1980 the museum was transferred to the Ausra Museum in Siauliai and became a state museum.
In 1990 the museum’s exhibits were moved to the town central library.
In 1991 the museum was subordinated to the Service for Monument Management.
In 1994 the museum was allotted the status of land museum. " (Museums of Lithuania)

 

Memorial Exhibition of Deportee Dr. Dalia Grinkeviciute (1927-1987)

Info Telefon: +370-449-56130

ATTENTION. Admission to the exhibition is possible through advance registration only.

"The memorial exhibition of Dr. Dalia Grinkeviciute, deportee, is found in the room in which she lived from 1974 to 1987. She authored the book “Lietuviai prie Laptevu juros” (“Lithuanians by the Laptevas Sea”). The museum features memorabilia of Dalia Grinkeviciute: her hand scripts, photographs, and personal items used in her daily life. " (Museums of Lithuania)

 

Bridai basic school local lore museum

Info Telefon: +370-41-371645

"Household and Ethnography;
The School’s History.

The museum was founded in 1985." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Anti-Fire Protection Museum

Info Telefon: +370-41-545480

The Cat Museum

Info Telefon: +370-41-523883

"The museum was established on 17 May 1990...The museum features about 10 000 exhibits from many countries throughout the World, including England, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Holland, The Czech Republic, Canada, Cuba, China, Japan, France, Portugal, Russia, Germany, Senegal, Zambia and Lithuania. There are miniatures of both male and female cats created from porcelain, glass, amber, marble, crystal etc. Artistic photographs, stained glass windows, postage stamps, cards, books and other items are also presented. Lamps, seats and even ornamentation on banisters contain cat pattern. The museum contains more than 4,000 poems about cats." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

The Water Distribution and Plumbing History Museum of Siauliai (Private Museum)

Tel.: +370-21-525550

Info Telefon: +370-21-525571

ATTENTION: Tours of the museum are available only on request.

"This museum was established on the premises of the Siauliai water supply tower in 1974. The exhibition is arranged in a circle inside the tower perimeter. It presents the history of the Joint-Stock Company “Siauliu Vandenys”, its construction, regional water economy development and reconstruction stages, the achievements of its team-working staff, its traditions and its recent activities.
The most interesting exhibits consist of photographs from the beginning of the 20th Century, which not only reveal the construction of the water supply and plumbing systems, but also present the history of Siauliai.
The first work tools and equipment are also exhibited. For instance chisels, pipe-cleaning brushes, cracked and plugged hot- and cold-water pipes, hydraulic pumps, various water-measuring instruments, and water samples from each of the Siauliai water sources.
The current water economy is also presented in the form of graphs and diagrams." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Chaimas Frenkelis Villa

Tel.: +370-41-524389

Info Telefon: +370-41-433680
Besucher-Email: info@ausrosmuziejus.lt
http://www.ausrosmuziejus.lt...

Siauliai Ausros Museum:

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

Tuesday – Friday 10 a. m. – 6 p. m.
Saturday – Sunday 11 a. m. – 5 p. m.

Chaimas Frenkelis Villa is Šiauliai Aušros Museum`s subdivision. The restored Chaimas Frenkelis Villa with a park, and a fountain located in it, is a very exclusive site in Šiauliai city. The Villa is unique, one of only a few in Lithuania constructed in early 20th century buildings in the Art Noveau (Modern, Secession, Jugend) architectural style. Elements of different styles interweave in decoration of this State protected cultural monument’s facades, authentic interior fascinates the visitors with ornate wooden decorations, stucco works, and imposing fragments of frescos.
Residence Villa, next to the flourishing leather factory, was built in 1908 by one of the most famous all times Šiauliai manufacturers Chaimas Frenkelis, who was even called “the King of Leather”. Stylized expositions “Provincial Estate and a Town”, “Jewish Cultural Heritage in Šiauliai: the Merchants Frenkelis” are now presented in the two-storey Villa. Miscellaneous Villa’s expositions introduce culture of Lithuanian provincial estate (middle 19th–middle 20 th c.), history of Šiauliai city in the Interwar period, and Jewish heritage. Exposition devoted to the blind and visually handicapped people “The Artifacts that Speak” (for a while just one of a few such expositions in Lithuania) was recently opened in Villa as well.
The Villa is offering a wide choice of exhibitions, concerts, film and music festivals, and other events as well. Educational activity “Secrets of Kosher” presents Jewish culture and traditional cuisine.
 

Photography Museum

Tel.: +370-41-524396

Info Telefon: +370-41-433680
Besucher-Email: info@ausrosmuziejus.lt
http://www.ausrosmuziejus.lt...

Siauliai Ausros Museum

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania

Wednesday 10 a. m. – 7 p. m., Thursday - Friday 10 a. m. – 6 p. m., Saturday - Sunday 11 a. m. - 5 p. m.

Photography Museum is Šiauliai Aušros Museum`s subdivision. The only in Lithuania museum dealing with art and technology of photography, an important centre for photographs safeguarding and representation. Photography Museum established in 1973, was one of the first specialized museums in Eastern and Middle Europe, reflecting art and technology of photography. The Museum is located in authentic, modern to its time building, constructed during the Interwar period (3-4th dec., 20th c.), in the very centre of the city.

Foto: Janina Siliunaite