Address
S.
Gaudesiaus g. 4, Silale.
Tel./fax +370-449-51572.
E-mail: silale.muziejus@gmail.com
Information for visitors
Opening
hours:
Monday to Friday 8.00-12.00; 12.45-17.00.
Admission charge:
Admission charge – Lt
1;
Pupil, student and OAP – Lt 0,5;
Child under 7, disabled – free.
Access:
The Museum is fitted for visitors with mobility
impairments.
Museum’s collection
The museum contains collections of
archaeological finds, ethnographic and historical exhibits. It accumulates
personal possessions of the area’s prominent figures and the stories of
villages, which have disappeared.
Exposition
The Museum has a hall for
expositions.
There are exhibited stone axes from the Neolithic Age, arms and various
ornaments
(Brass rings, brooches, bracelets, remnants from iron pikes and swords),
articles of household, working tools.
Exhibitions
The Museum arranges exhibitions on
the occasion of anniversaries of famous people etc. The themes vary.
Cultural, educational activity
Cooperation with schools;
Celebration of countrymen’s anniversaries;
Celebration of countrymen’s killing or death anniversaries;
Conferences of amateur ethnographers.
Branch
Museums
The Museum of Rev. Kazimieras Jaunius, the Linguist
Address: Lembo Village,
LT-75341, Kvedarna Prefecture, Silale Region.
Tel. +370-449-51572.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00-12.00.
The exhibits tell about the
Jaunius’ family, their private life.
D.
Poska Hollowed Trunks (Baubliai)
Address: Bijotai village, LT-75011, Silale Region. Tel.
+370-449-51572.
Opening times: Tuesday to Saturday 10
a. m. – 7 p. m.
Admission:
Charge – 2 Lt;
Schoolchildren,
students, soldiers of regular army,
pensioners – 1 Lt;
This is the first and the oldest public museum in Lithuania. Dionizas
Poska, a writer, linguist, historian and ethnographer (1765-1830) created it in 1812 in the hollow of an old oak-tree trunk. Dionizas Poska's writings and other materials reflecting his life and creation are on display in the old oak-trees.
Museum's history fragments
The museum was founded in 1980 and
was a branch of the Siauliai “Ausra” Museum until 1994.
The museum started establishing in 1962 when the section of Silalë was
founded in the Lithuanian Society of Ethnography.
In 1976 the museum acquired special premises and transferred there many
exhibits collected by amateur ethnographers from district school museums.
The Alka Museum of Samogitians protected the museum.
In 1980 the museum was transferred to the Ausra Museum in Siauliai and
became a state museum.
In 1990 the museum’s exhibits were moved to the town central library.
In 1991 the museum was subordinated to the Service for Monument
Management.
In 1994 the museum was allotted the status of land museum.
Silale
Silale, town in western Lithuania,
27 km north of Taurage, with a population of 2995 in 1970 (1058 in 1923,
ca 1,400 in 1939, 1,972 in 1959). The history of Silale reaches back to
the early 16th century. In 1533 the town received its first church, that
of St. Feancis. During the Reformation, the Evangelical Lutherans also
created a parish and built their church. In 1859 there were ca 1,100
inhabitants in Silale, which was becoming famous for its markets. During
World War I the town sustained extensive fire damage, but it was quickly
rebuilt after Lithuania regained national independence. The town now had a
secondary school, a public library, a power plant, a Jewish synagogue, and
a number of trade establishments. A new Gothic church was concentrated in
1919; its parish embraced over 8,000 faithful and was one of the largest
in Lithuania. The township, of which Sill was the seat, had at least
13,000 inhabitants distributed among 133 towns, villages, hamlets, and
homesteads. Since 1950 Sill has been the center of the Soviet
administrative district. It continues to maintain a vigorous economic and
cultural life as new residential districts are extending its southern city
limits.
Photographer Valdas
Arlauskas
