Address
1 S. Dariaus ir S. Gireno Sq., Merkine, Varena region.
Tel.: +370-310-39136, +370-310-57178, +370-689-26504.
Head of the museum is Aldona Raugalaitė.
Opening
times
Wednesday to Sunday 9.00-19.00.
Museum’s
collection
The museum’s collection is made
up of archaeological findings, history and ethnography items, photographs,
numismatics and ethnic household articles.
Exposition
Paleolithic (10th-9th mill.
BC);
Mesolithic (8th-6th mill. BC);
Neolithic (4th-2nd mill. BC);
Bronze Age (16th-6th cent. BC);
Early and the Old Iron Age (5th cent. BC - 4th cent. AD);
The Middle Iron Age (5th-8th cent. AD);
The Late Iron Age (9th-12th cent. AD);
History of Merkine;
Household of Dzukai;
Trades of Merkine inhabitants;
Liturgical Clothes;
The Old and black ceramics;
The Jews in Merkine;
History of Merkine since 1940 to 1990.
Exhibitions
The museum arranges
exhibitions of photographs, history and occasional exhibitions.
Branch
museum
Museum of Lithuanian Fighting’s for Independence
Address: 12 Seinu St., Merkine,
Varena region.
Tel.: +370-310-39136, +370-689-26504, +370-310-57178.
Public
museum
Hillock of Crosses
Address: Merkine, Varena region.
Tel.: +370-689-26504, +370-310-57178.
Photos by A. Scebeda
