Museum of martynas jankus

Contacts
Address: Bitėnai, LT-99265, Lumpėnų seniūnija, Pagėgių savivaldybė.
Tel./fax (+370 ~ 441) 42 736, tel. (+370 ~ 441) 70 026, mob. tel. (+370 656) 15 021.
E-mail: muziejus@pagegiai.lt
Director Liudvika Burzdžiuvienė.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday 9–17;
Saturday 9–16.

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

Guided tours– 10 Lt.

About the Museum
The museum is located in the birthplace of Martynas Jankus (1858–1946), a printer and publisher of Lithuanian books and periodicals, public figure, leader of the Lithuanian national liberation movement, and an ardent fighter against germanization. He spent nearly all his life in Bitėnai. The exhibition on display reflects his life and activities.

Martynas Jankus
M. Jankus (August 8, 1858 – May 23, 1946 in Flensburg, Germany).
Activist of the Lithuanian national movement, publisher. He resisted the Germanization of the Klaipeda area, and propagated the union of Lithuania and Lithuania Minor. One of the founders of newspaper Aušra (The Dawwn, 1883-1887) and cultural society Birutė, publisher of the magazines Varpas (The Bell, 1889–1905) and Ūkininkas (The Farmer, 1890-1905). He co-operated with book carriers during the period of the prohibition of Lithuanian press, and co-ordinated the trade of banned Lithuanian books. From the end of 1922 till the beginning of 1923 he was the Chairman of the Chief Salvation Committee for Lithuania Minor.