Information
for visitors
Opening hours:
1 September –
31 May:
Exposition: Wednesday – Sunday 10–18.
Winter Garden: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday 10–18;
Saturday 10–19.
1 June – 31 August:
Exposition:
Wednesday – Sunday 10–18.
Winter Garden: Monday 10–18, Tuesday – Sunday 10–20.30.
Admission
Charge – Lt 5;
Pupils / students – Lt
2;
Pensioners – Lt 3
Child under 7 –
free.
Guided
tours:
Adults – Lt 20 (foreign language
– Lt 30);
Pupils – Lt 15 (foreign language
– Lt 30).
Additional services
Advance tour reservations;
Reservations for tours around Zemaitija;
Cafe "At Count's" in the Botanical garden;
Souvenir and sweet shop;
White hall rentals for conferences, business presentations, contract signing;
Commercial shooting;
Wedding, baptism photography and video;
Botanical Garden rentals for receptions;
Organization of business exhibitions.
Museum's collection
The museum collection consists of archaeological finds, numismatics, collections of 17th-19th century applied art and paintings, folk sculpture, ethnographic and historic domestic life exhibits.
Expositions
Botanical Garden (Greenhouse)
This exposition is extremely fascinating to the visitors. The
Botanical garden was established by count Juozapas Tiskevicius in 1875. During
World War II the garden was completely destroyed. In 1987 the Greenhouse was revived. Now the garden is
verdant and more than 580 plants from all over the world are in bloom. The
area of the garden is 693 square meters. The exposition is constantly being renewed.
Manor Culture
This exposition takes up 7 halls of the museum where art exhibits depict
the heritage of the counts Tiskeviciai: portraits of the family members, furniture, plates and dishes, photographs, especially valued pictures from 15th-18th centuries.
Old Lithuanian folk art
This is a very valuable exhibit group of the Museum. The exposition consist of items, which were nationalized from
the Kretinga and Palanga manors and devastated chapels in 1940. The exposition has been recently renewed.
The exposition acquaints visitors with crosses that are typical to the Kretinga area.
Zemaiciai House
This is an
exposition of national household exhibits (household articles, furniture, flax and wool processing tools, fabric manufacturing means, cloths, fabrics, and others). The exhibits have been accumulated in the museum since 1935.
Numismatics
A
Painful Memory
Exhibition dedicated to the
history of the genocide and resistance of the inhabitants of the
Kretinga area
Coin Collection
Treasures are exhibited.
Each coin and banknote (bill) does not only trace the history of money
in the territory of Lithuanian chronologically, but also reveals how
Lithuania within the context of Europe developed both politically and
economically.
Archaeology
This exposition is arranged in the cellar in the eastern side of the Tiskevicius
Manor. First exhibits are unique archeological items found in Lazdininkai graveyards and dated back in
2-4 centuries. The emphasis of the expositions is on the Curonian woman's costume as well as on the jewelry made from copper and silver, which date back to the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. The exposition is concluded with the showcase of Imbare Castle reconstruction model.
Counts Tiskeviciai
Exposition of photography.
Exhibitions
Every month, in the museum there are organized exhibitions of temporary art (fine art, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry), literature and other kinds of exhibitions.
Cultural, educational activity
Schools in the Museum
"Zemaitoka-muziejenoka", a school for children,
Two-year Art School for Children.
Clubs-Houses in the Museum
Club of Park Friends,
Club of Kretinga Area Descendants.
Art Associations in the Museum
Folk Ensemble "Volungele" ("Oriole").
Events organized in the museum on regular basis
Concerts of the country's professional performers,
Literature afternoons,
Celebrations of holidays.
Museum's Departments
Education and Information Department,
History Department,
Archaeology Department,
Ethnography Department,
Art Department,
Nature Department,
Economic Department.
History of Museum's establishment
The idea of the Musem's establishment has been nurtured and
carried out by teacher Juozas Zilvitis (1903-1975).
In January 1935, the council of the Kretinga region approved Kretinga Museum
Committee.
On July 12,1935, inauguration of the Museum took place in a building of Kretinga's
Municipality.
In the beginning of 1936, the museum was moved to a rented house in Kestutis Street.
On September 5, 1940, the museum was declared a state institution. The Kretinga
Region Museum became a branch of Kaunas State Museum (now Vytautas the Great War Museum).
In 1922, the museum was established in Count Tiskeviciai Manor, which dates back to the 19th century. The
Manor is surrounded by a park. Next to the Manor there is the Botanical
Garden (Greenhouse).
The founder of the Museum is the Kretinga Region Municipality.
The director of the Museum is Vida Kanapkiene.
Photos from the Archive of
the Museum
