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BRANCH OF THE MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF JUOZAS NAUJALIS

Address
Information for visitors
Exposition
Cultural and educative activity

 


 

 

Address
Biliunai Village, Raudondvaris Prefecture, Kaunas region.
The museum is located at 10 km distance from Raudondvaris, at the road Kaunas - Jurbarkas. The first turn to the branch signifies the sign “Bernatoniai 4km” and at 8 km distance of this direction homestead with stork nests is seen. The sign “Biliunai 1 km” points to the farmstead.
Tel. +370-656-13675.
Branch of the museum of Juozas Naujalis was established on the 18th of May in 2005 by Vanda and Juozapas Liekiai at their farmstead.

Information for visitors
Opening hours:
Tuesday Saturday 9.0017.00.
Visits at other times by arrangement in advance by contacting with administrator of the branch.
Admission
Adults 2 Lt.
Guided tours (8 people and more), children under 6, students, schoolchildren, pensioners and disabled 1Lt.

Exposition
At the farmstead of Juozapas Liekis, who is a constructor and sports enthusiast, and his wife Vanda there are expositions of technology heritage of 19th -20th centuries and ethnic culture under open sky. There are exhibited Lithuanian and foreign engines, engineering of agriculture, cars, motorcycles, waggonettes, tools and household items used in the Lithuanian village. There can be observed fairly rare mechanics: machine of nail hammering, grand thresher, amphibian, hammerer tools and many more. Majority of the objects are repaired, restored and running.
Some part of the ethno cultural exposition (different kinds of irons, domestic scales, thread twister, wheels, running loom and more) are exposited in the memorial museum of Juozas Naujalis.
On the river bank of Nevezis exposited collection of ethno culture and technology is decorated with originally laid flowers, unconventional nesting-boxes, stork nests and proudly pacing peacocks.
Next to the farmstead there is landing and lift-off strips, which can be used by minor aviation enthusiasts.

Cultural and educative activity
There are held educational projects, different kid of festivity, presented trades, traditions, custom of ancestors.

 

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