obeliai history Museum

Contacts
Address: Vytauto g. 18, LT-42222, Obeliai, Rokiškio rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 458) 78 825.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday 12–16.

Admission:
adults – 2 Lt;
pupils, students, pensioners – 1 Lt.

Guided tour: 10 Lt.

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.

History of the Museum
The idea of the establishment of the museum belongs to Audrius Dručkus, 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 Rokiškis 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 Šiauliai-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.