Address
Vilniaus g. 33, LT-44290, Kaunas.
Tel.: +370-37-320589,
+370-698-02189.
E-mail:
info@istorineprezidentura.lt,
renata@istorineprezidentura.lt
http://www.istorineprezidentura.lt/
The Presidential Palace is open since July 6, 2005
Visitor Information
Entrance fee
– 3 Lt;
Tour –
15 Lt (in Lithuanian), 25 Lt (in foreign language)
50% discount –
schoolchildren, students, visitors with International student card (ISIC),
military service, senior citizens.
Free entrance –
preschool children, residents of children’s homes, disabled of I and II
group, staff of museums of Lithuania, ICOM members, artists, students of
art schools, students of Fine Art department of Vilnius Academy of Fine
Arts and Vytautas Magnus University, journalists, AICA members, EU
citizens September 1 through June 1 on Wednesdays.
Access:
the museum is fitted for visitors with mobility
impairments.
Exhibition
“Returning Relics”
Exhibition presents never been
shown or rarely shown memorial objects, artworks, furniture that was
passed for preservation to the National Museum of M.
K. Ciurlionis in 1941. Objects, which relate
to presidential institution of the First Republic (1918–1940)
and reflect the aspirations of that period, historical peripeteia and
lifestyle, were returned to their initial premise. Representational
portraits, art works from the interiors of Presidential Palace are
exhibited here, also – the presents received by the
president, authentic furniture, historical photographs that capture
international and social activities of the president, moments of his
personal life. Separate hall is dedicated to the presentation of public
organizations supported by the Presidents institution. It presents
collection of flags of these organizations, documents, and various
attributes, which survived during political upheavals. Personal family
relics, tableware that belonged to the presidents and especially last
president who resided in the Palace – president A.
Smetona, complement the exhibition. It also features rich
collection of folk textile collected by the president K.
Grinius and his wife. Remaining guest books, even documents tracing
personal expenses and receptions for numerous guests of Presidential
Palace illustrate the traditions of this place.
Highlight of the exhibition is the unique collection of state awards,
returned to the Palace after 65 years. It reflects the formation and
development of the state and the perception of statehood.
Exhibition
'White Gloves: Official and Unofficial Diplomacy in Kaunas in 1918–1940'
(September 5, 2008 – July 5, 2009)
September the 5th, 2008 was the 110th birth anniversary of Stasys
Lozoraitis (1898–1983), the so-called founder of the Lithuanian
Diplomacy. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also marked its
90th anniversary in 2008. Moreover, it is very important to note that
Lithuania celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence of Lithuania on 16 February 1918.
The exposition was organised in four halls of the President Palace. The
exposition in the main hall reflects the official work of the Lithuanian
diplomats. It features various interstate agreements and a collection of
photographs from awards ceremonies, official meetings and various
national holidays. The second and third halls of the exhibition present
the Lithuanian diplomatic block abroad, the activities of the Lithuanian
Foreign Ministry during 1918–1940 and the work of Stasys Lozoraitis, the
founder of the Lithuanian Diplomacy. The
fourth hall of the exhibition is dedicated to the unofficial side of the
Lithuanian diplomacy. This section of the exhibition features
photographs from various unofficial meetings and hunting events as well
as caricatures and funny stories related to both official and unofficial
events.
