Opening times
Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-17.00.
Additional
services
Reservation of excursions;
Listening to audio records with the strophes read by V.
Mykolaitis-Putinas;
Watching of slides illustrating the writer's life;
Listening to the writer's beloved music.
Museum’s
collection
The Museum has about 5 000 exhibits accumulated. The collection is
made of authentic things of the writer V. Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893-1967):
furniture, books, pictures, as well as various materials associated with
the writer's creation, life and personality.
Exposition
In three memorial rooms (the study, the parlor and the
sleeping-room) the authentic atmosphere is restored. Their furniture,
books, pictures tell about rich surroundings of the writer's home:
The study
The study is a place of creative concentration and work. Here
often came the colleagues from the University, writers, and friends to
listen to classical music and read their works of creation.
The parlor
The parlor looks very cozy with its stylish furniture from the
start of this century, the piano of secessive forms.
Exposition reflecting writer's life and activities in Vilnius
Here are exposed books, photos, and copies of manuscripts, which
are grouped by the main sphere of V. Mykolaitis-Putinas' activities: as
writer, translator, scientist, prosaist, and pedagogue.
Cultural, educational
activity
Organizing of literary events;
Arrangement of meetings;
Arrangement of seminars on V. Mykolaitis-Putinas' life and creation;
Fulfillment of the educational program designed for pupils.
Other news
about the Museum
The museum opened in 1986 in the home of Vincas
Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893-1967), a famous poet, novelist, playwright, and
professor of literature at Kaunas and Vilnius Universities.
The founder of the Museum is the Vilnius City Municipality.
The manager of the Museum is Ramune Soriene.
