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 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
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: free of charge.
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 (1907-1959), 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.
More information >
Museum of the Aviation
Pioneer Aleksandras Griškevičius
Address: Akmenės g. 10, LT-89490, Viekšniai, Mažeikių rajonas.
More information >
Memorial exhibition
of Professors M. V. V. Biržiška
Address: Bažnyčios g. 6, LT-89094, Viekšniai, Mažeikių rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 443) 37 420.
More information >
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
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