Address
6 S. Daukanto St, LT-88318 Varniai, Telsiai Region.
Tel./fax +370-444-47455.
E-mail: ai@varniai-museum.lt
Web Site: http://www.varniai-museum.lt
Opening hours
Monday to Thursday 8 am - 5 pm
Friday and National Holiday Eve 8 am -
4 pm
Saturday, Sunday 11 am - 6 pm.
Closed on federal holidays.
The Samogitian Diocese Museum (widely)
The Samogitian Diocese Museum is a state financed public cultural
institution. Its founders are the Telsiai diocese and the Lithuanian
Ministry of Culture. The institution's main goals are to preserve,
collect, and safeguard, restore, analyze, and propagate artistic,
cultural, and historical values. With these goals in mind, the Museum
initiates projects related to the protection of the cultural heritage, and
seeks to include the Lithuanian public in their implementation.
This museum was established in the former Samogitian Theological Seminary,
founded in 1770. When the czarist administration closed the University of
Vilnius in the 19th century, the Samogitian Theological Seminary, and
the Medical Faculty in Vilnius were the only institutions of higher
education left in Lithuania. Many of those who took part in the uprisings
of 1831 and 1863, as well as various important figures in the development
of a Lithuanian cultural and national consciousness worked and studied in
Varniai. The Samogitian Diocese Museum is currently being re-developed
with the aid of the experience of museums in Western Europe.
The Society of Supporters
The Society of Supporters is a voluntary and public club of Samogitian
Diocese Museum supporters. It helps to unite enthusiasts contributing to
the revival of Varniai as a cultural center. The Society of Supporters
provides aid in implementing projects initiated by the Museum, and strives
to contribute and co-ordinate public support and charity. The key people
of the founding group are former residents of Varniai, currently working
and studying in various cities throughout Lithuania.
Society of Supporters of the Samogitian Diocese Museum
6 S. Daukanto St., Varniai, LT-88318 Telsiai Region.
Tel./fax: +370-444-47455.
