Address
14, Kauno
St, Vievis, Elektrenai
Municipality.
Tel. +370-528-26913.
Fax +370-528-26917.
http://www.lra.lt
Information for visitors
Hours of
operation:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
(from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
The collection of the museum
The exhibits of this museum
reflect all the history of routes starting from the Roman period till
recent times. In this collection visitors may see models of road
construction plans, tools for road building, repairing and cleaning,
special cars and carriages for road building, road marks, road signs,
maps, photographs, books, magazines, and other literature in Lithuanian
and foreign languages about road construction and maintenance.
Exposition
Models of viaducts,
overpasses, intersections, bus stations, industrial structures and other
buildings are exposed. In addition, old-fashioned tools for road building
and maintenance, staff cars, carriages, and road signs are exhibited.
Visitors may get acquainted with well-known past and present-day road
constructors and engineers and their works. One of the most unique
exhibits is the hundred-year-old book entitled ‘Irankis pagerinimui ir
taisymui shoseju ir paprastu keliu’ (‘A tool for the improvement and
maintenance of highways and byways’) printed in Tilze, Konigsberg.
Interesting data about the development of roads in Lithuania is provided
in the museum showcases starting from the ancient ‘Amber road’, to the
‘Samogitian highway’ and present-day major roads and highways such as
‘Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipeda’,
‘Vilnius–Panevezys’, ‘Via Baltica’ and others.
Pre- and post-war road construction equipment is exposed in the original
metal pavilion, along with exhibitions providing a large variety of
samples from many countries of building materials, as well as rocks,
minerals and crystals. A hunting and ecology section in the pavilion is
small but well-attended and appealing to visitors.
Additional information about the museum
Some historical data: The Museum
was opened to visitors on 19th October 1995. The founder and manager of
the museum is Juozas Steponavicius. He is a vetran road engineer and very
attentive and enthusiastic supervisor of the museum.
The illustration and information have been assembled from
the Internet web sight of “The Lithuanian Automobile Directory of the
Ministry of Transportation”
http://www.Ira.lt
