Address
5 Tyzenhauzu Avenue, LT-42115, Rokiskis.
Tel.: +370-458-52261, +370-458-52835, +370-458-52639.
E-mail: muziejus@rokiskyje.lt
http://www.muziejusrokiskyje.lt/
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-18.00.
Additional services
Booking excursions to the museum;
Booking excursions to the church of Rokiskis;
Booking excursions to the old town of Rokiskis.
On the basis of the material of archives of the museum and estates the information is provided to ethnographers, teachers of the district and other visitors;
The possibility to use the material accumulated in the museum is provided to scientists who publish books, monographs;
Extraction from the church books kept in the archive of the museum and giving people certificates of birth, marriage and death;
Copying color and white-and-black material.
Museum’s collection
The museum contains numismatic and archaeological collections, works of art, documents, periodicals and photographs.
The museum has rich collections of numismatics, archaeology, carvings of the most famous idol maker Lionginas Sepka (1907-1985), displays of painting, graphic and applied art from the counts’ Tyzenhouzai and Psezdzieckiai collection.
Exposition
Historical
Exposition
In September 1999 when 500th anniversary of the foundation of Rokiskis town was celebrated a historical exposition was opened which embraces the history of Rokiskis land from the oldest times to the present days. Visitors start getting acquainted with Rokiskis from samples of natural resources of Rokiskis district - rocks. The part of the exposition devoted to archaeology is rich and interesting. During last years museum staff selected 5 800 displays for new expositions.
Exposition of the
Counts’ Family Life
A big part of halls and rooms of the museum is devoted to it, the only in Lithuania collection of the counts’ clothes of the end of the 19th beginning of the 20th century is preserved and restored.
Art
Exposition
Exposition of Lionginas Sepka’s
Creative Works
It is arranged in a separate building. Wood carver’s unique works are demonstrated.
The
History of Rokiskis County (19th century – 1940)
On exhibit throughout the premises, visitors can see
everyday items used on the manor. The most impressive exhibit is an 1848
map of Rokiskis County, where small towns, roads, forests, ploughed
lands, as well as other objects on the manor’s property are depicted
with precision. Other objects that can be seen are the drawings of
Konstantin Tyzenhaus, Aleksander Orùowski, and Maria Tyzenhausówna –
Przezdziecka. The drawings capture 19th-century county views, their
people, and the domains of the Tyzenhaus family in Pastavy (modern-day
Belarus). In addition, written letters, seals, the calling cards of
manor guests, and portraits all bear witness to Tyzenhaus and
Przezdziecki counts. The interior of the late 19th-century manor is
furnished with restored furniture of the time and is decorated with
musical instruments.
Exhibitions
The museum arranges exhibitions of art, folk art, photography, ethnography, occasional
exhibitions.
Cultural, educational activity
The museum takes an active part in various educational - cultural events of the district and the republic, joins international cultural programs;
Annually republican exhibitions-competitions of wood-carvers to win Lionginas Sepka premium are organized in the museum;
Scientific conferences are organized;
Cultural events are arranged;
Educational programs are implemented;
Publications popularizing the museum are published;
The museum participates in the days of Cultural Heritage of Europe;
Annually research expeditions all over the environs of Rokiskis are organized;
More than 3 000 books have been accumulated in the scientific library of the museum.
Museum’s departments
Department of History;
Department of Collections;
Department of Art.
Branch Museums
Kriaunos Local History Museum
Address: Kriaunos, LT-42254, Rokiskis region.
Tel. +370-458-41718.
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 8.00–17.00; Friday 8–15.45; Saturday 9.00–13.00.
Founded in 1987, the museum contains a collection of textiles, household objects and craftsmen’s tools used in the surrounding villages. Part of the exposition is devoted to the well-known people (scientists, public figures, and artists) who once worked or lived in the Kriaunos area.
Obeliai History Museum
History fragments
of Rokiskis Area Museum
The museum is housed in a manor, which was built for Count Ignotas Tyzenhauzas in 1801.
Initiators of the foundation of the museum - Juozas Ruseckas, Balys Mikenas, Juozas Sukys, Petras Bliudzius, Jonas Blinstrupas, J. Malevicius.
In 1932 an ethnographic society decided to establish a museum where cultural valuables accumulated in Rokiskis could be kept.
On May 1, 1933 the museum taking up its quarters in Vilnius str.6 opened the door to a new exposition.
A teacher of geography Petras Bliudzius was the first head of the museum.
In 1939 there were 1 046 displays in the stocks of the museum. The material accumulated was presented to public in the prehistorical, folk art, ethnographic, numismatic, pedagogic and old printed matters divisions.
In 1940 Psezdzieckiai’ estate palace in Rokiskis was nationalized. The same year the ethnographic museum was soon moved to the estate palace not ravaged yet.
After some time a subunit of the Red Army settled in the estate palace. At the time a lot of pictures, furniture, plates and dishes and other valuable and expensive things were destroyed or disappeared.
In June 1941 P. Bliudzius and his family were exiled to the Siberia (members of it died there).
After the war the activity of the museum was revived but the museum was constantly moved from one place to another until in 1952 it was finally placed in the estate palace.
In 1953 visitors were invited to expositions of the divisions of archaeology, ethnography, folk art, art and nature.
In the 6th decade museum of Zarasai and exposition arranged in Stelmuze church became branches of the museum.
In 1970 folk art exposition was arranged and designed.
In 1971 wood-carver’s L. Sepka exposition of carvings was arranged.
In 1975-1980 the exposition of history was arranged material of which embraces the period from the oldest time to our days.
After the cultural house was moved to another place in 1979 the museum became the only master of the whole estate ensemble.
Sepka
- the most famous Lithuanian Crucifixion-carver of the 20th century
Lionginas Sepka was born on 15 September 1907 in the village of Siaudyne (Rokiskis district). L. Sepka started to carve in 1950. In ten years L. Sepka created three monuments - to his brother and parents.
The most complicated - the great monument started to be carved in 1955. It is a work consisting of various components, complex in structure and peculiar plastic forms.
In 30 years L. Sepka created 1 500 works of different size - some bas-reliefs can be placed on a palm, others are several meters of height, especially spacious in composition.
Visitors of Rokiskis area museum have the possibility to get acquainted with L. Sepka’s whole creative heritage, starting from his first carving to the last incomplete one.
L. Sepka died on 4 November 1985. He is buried in his homeland, cemetery of Lebedziai.
Other news about the Museum
Founder of the museum - the Municipality of Rokiskis Region.
Head of the museum - Nijole Sniokiene.
Photographers: Gintautas Dainys and
Danute Mukiene
