Address
18 Vytauto St, LT-42222, Obeliai, Rokiskis Region.
Tel. +370-458-78825.
Information for visitors
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday
12–16.
Admission
Charge
Admission charge – Lt
2;
Pupil, student and OAP – Lt 1;
Guides tours – Lt
10.
Museum’s collection
The collection of the museum
comprises displays telling about the history of Obeliai land, the state of
Lithuania, traditions of folk art, struggles of partisans in the
northeastern Lithuania, the history of coins, bank notes, medals, orders
and other decorations from various periods and of different countries of
the world.
Exposition
3 000 displays are presented in
the museum. They are exhibited in five halls. In each of them the exhibits
are grouped in different themes: the history of Obeliai land, the history
of the state of Lithuania, folk art, struggles of partisans in the
northeastern Lithuania.
One room of the museum is devoted to exhibit coins, bank notes, medals,
orders and decorations from various periods and of different states.
Museum’s history fragments
The idea of the establishment of
the museum belongs to Audrius Druckus, an ethnographer and a member of
resistance who has descended from this land.
Obeliai museum was opened on December 10, 1998.
Obeliai
Obeliai, town in the northeastern
Lithuania, bordering a lake of the same name; it is 14 km east of Rokiskis
and 10 km from the Lithuanian-Latvian border.
The town, estate, and the town ship are known since the 16th century. The
town expanded considerably when the Siauliai-Daugavpils (Latvia) railroad
was routed through there in 1873. The first church was built in 1629; the
present one in 1860, remodeled in 1899. At the end of the 18th century a
parochial school was opened, the pupils being mostly peasant children. In
1828, during Russian rule, the school building was converted into a
weaving mill. During the uprising of 1905, the local peasants ousted the
Russian public officials and established their own committee. In
independent Lithuania, Obeliai served as the township seat.
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