Molėtai area Museum

Contacts
Address: Inturkės g. 4, LT-33141, Molėtai.
Tel.: (+370 ~ 383) 51 138, (+370 ~ 383) 51 077.
E-mail: muziejus@moletai.lt
http://muziejus.moletai.lt
Director – Viktorija Kazlienė.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 9–17.

Admission:
adults – 2 Lt;
pupils and pensioners – 1 Lt.

Additional services
There is art showroom in the museum.

Collection
It houses collections of numismatics, photographs, black pottery, and ethnographic artefacts (including late 19th-early 20th century cattlebreeding, fishing and bee-keeping implements.

Exposition
The museum’s exposition provides a large historical-cultural review of the area.
The exposition familiarizes with the archaeological past, first trades and crafts of people from the Molėtai area.
Rich is the collection of metrology exposing instruments for measuring of time, volume etc.
Former educational reforms, cultural and political events are in large reflected by photos, magazines, badges, medals, pictures and numismatic exhibits.
The exposition is embellished by gifts received by the Museum (two art collections from Transatlantic).
The gallery of portraits of distinguished people from Molėtai completes the exposition

Exhibitions
The museum arranges exhibitions of art, folk art, literature, local lore, photography and from the museum’s funds.
Cultural, educational activity
Organizing of educatuional programs;
Organizing of excursions.

Branch Museums

Mindunai Fishing Museum
Address: Mindūnai, LT-33202, Molėtų rajonas.
Mob. tel. (+370 687) 01 795.
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Naujasodis Museum
Address: Naujasodis, Alantos seniūnija, Molėtų rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 383) 58 456.
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Picture Gallery and Glass Museum
Address: Alaušo g. 25, LT-33303, Balninkai, Molėtų rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 383) 44 225.
There are exhibited glass wares of glass factories and works that were working at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries in Lithuania. Also there are shown breakage of glass wares and survivals of fire-resistant materials from glass manufactories in 17th–19th centuries. Mostly there presented glass wares that have been made since 1972, when the production of graceful glass ware was restored.
This collection of glass wares (367 glass wares) was given by technologist Kazys Strazdas in September 10, 2001.
The museum was founded in November 8, 2002
Founders of the museum are Kazys and Jovita Emilija Strazdai.
At the Picture gallery there exposed paintings received as a gift by Vladas Miskinis (1910–1999) a teacher of Balninkai Secondary School. In his paintings it is often shown famous Lithuanian people, views of native town, historical monuments, castles, and mounds.
In 2000 Onutė Pusvaškytė gave 40 works of graphic art, which are also exposed.

Ethnographic Farmstead and Observation Post of Celestial Bodies
Address: Kulionys, Čiulėnų seniūnija, Molėtų rajonas.
Mob. tel. (+370 682) 14 559.
E-mail: esodyba@gmail.com
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Public Museums

Dubingiai Local Lore Museum
Address: Dubingiai, Molėtų rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 383) 53 117.

Giedraičiai School Museum
Address: Širvintų g. 16, Giedraičiai, Molėtų rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 383) 55 110

Monastery Museum in Videniškės
Tel. (+370 ~ 383) 43 632.

Other news
The museum was founded in 1991.
Founder of the museum is Council of Molėtai Region.

Molėtai Region
People lived in Molėtai already before Christ, but in historical sources this settlement is mentioned for the first time in 1387.
Moletai was ruled by clergymen more than four centuries. A settlement began to expand only after the third division between Lithuania and Poland, and in the second half of the XIX century it became a centre of a rural municipality. Now about 7 000 residents live in Molėtai.
Moletai district occupies 1 374 square km area. 743 square km of them are occupied by forests, lakes, bogs and hills. The area is ecologically clean since there is no contaminating industry around.
A landscape is very picturesque. There are more than 300 lakes, huge forests, high hills, the deepest Malkestaiciai lake (54 m) and the longest in Lithuania Asveja lake (30 km).
The most significant historical cultural monuments are: Baltadvaris defense fortifications (XVI century), the Dubingiai tavern (XIX century), the astronomic observatory and the ethnocosmological centre.