Mažeikiai Museum

Contacts
Address: Burbos g. 9, LT-89218, Mažeikiai.
Tel. (+370 ~ 443) 26 037.
Fax (+370 ~ 443) 25 759.
E-mail: mazeikiumuziejus@kli.lt
Director – Adelė Cholodinskienė.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 10–18.

Admission:
adults – 2 Lt;
pupils, students – 1 Lt.

Guided tours – 20 Lt.

Collection
The museum contains archaeological, numismatic, and ethnographic exhibits, as well as documents, photographs and applied arts, and Alfonsas Dargis Art Work collection.

Exposition
Mažeikiai History exposition;
Nature exposition.

Exhibitions
The museum arranges exhibitions of art, folk art, literature and history.

Branch Museums

Renavas manor museum
Address: Renavas, LT-89403, Mažeikių rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 443) 43 668.
Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday 10–18.
Admission: adults – 3 Lt; children, pupils, students – 1 Lt.
19th century mansion of Renavas estate reconstructed in 1990 invites visitors to view the permanent exposition of its interiors and introduces the Lithuanian court culture (interiors, furniture, paintings, etc.)
Ensemble of Renavas estate was built in the middle of 19th century and dates back to the period of late Classicism. Initially it was planned to build a residential estate. The assumed owner, who built this mansion, was Anatas Renne. The mansion of Neo-renaissance style, built in 1880, is a ranch house with two-storey pavilions. Two terraces descend towards the river from the South of the mansion. The front square, surrounded by different imported trees, lies on the North. Facade of the mansion overlooks the landscape gardens. The mansion of Renavas was passed through the male line of inheritance. Antanas Renne did not have any children therefore he left all his fortune to Feliksas Mielžinskis (1871–1910). Laurynas Ivinskis worked as a teacher in this estate in 1869 and collected material for the dictionary of botany. The mansion of Renavas also housed the efforts to establish the silkworm farm before the World War I.

The memorial museum of writer Šatrijos Ragana
Address: Židikai, LT-89442, Mažeikių rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 443) 43 110.
Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10–18.
There is an affiliate of the museum in Židikai small town. It is a memorial museum of writer and philanthropist Šatrijos Ragana. The museum exhibits authentic possessions of the writer and her closest people. It also presents the collected material about her.

The memorial museum of the sculptor Bronius Pundzius
Address: Pievėnų kaimas, LT-89348, Mažeikių rajonas.
Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday 10–18.
Admission: adults – 3 Lt; children, pupils, students – 1 Lt.
A memorial museum of sculptor Bronius Pundzius waits for the visitors in a picturesque country house in Pievenai. Opened in 1971 in the birthplace of sculptor Bronius Pundzius (1907-1956), the exhibition is devoted to his life and creative work.

Museum of the Pharmacy in Viekšniai
Address: Tilto g. 3, LT-89492, Viekšniai, Mažeikių rajonas. 
Tel. (+370 ~ 443) 37 420.
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Museum of the Aviation Pioneer Aleksandras Griškevičius
Address: Akmenės g. 10, LT-89490, Viekšniai, Mažeikių rajonas.
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History of the Museum
Mažeikiai Museum was established in 1928. It preserves and exhibits archaeology, ethnography and folklore art collections of the Samogitian region.
Mažeikiai District Municipality is the founder of the museum.
The first founder of the museum and a long-term director was teacher Stasys Ličkūnas.
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.

Photos by Sigitas Varnas