zanavykai area Museum

Contacts
Address: Muziejaus g. 1, LT-71131, Girėnai, Šakių rajonas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 345) 4 5635.
E-mail: zanmuziejus@takas.lt
Director – Vidmantas Dėdynas.

Information for Visitor

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday 10–17.

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

Additional services:
reservation of thematic excursions through the Museum.

Collection
The museum contains ethnography, history, numismatic, photography and printings collections.

Exposition
The Museum’s exposition tells about history and ethnography of the Zanavykija region since the late 19th century.

Exhibitions
The exhibitions of painting, ethnic art, ethnology, photography, handicrafts, ethnography take place.

Cultural, educational activity
Organizing of various traditional cultural events, such as the Herdsboys’ Day, the Shrove Tuesday, the Christmas Eve’s Supper, the Advent’s Evening etc.

Other news
The museum was founded in 1986.
The Founder: The Šakiai Region Municipality.
Sponsors of the Museum: Juozas Domeika (the J. Domeika Support Fund), Rokas Stepulaitis (Canada), Benediktas Jakas (the Girėnai village, the Šakiai Country District Municipality), Pijus Pažerūnas (Canada), Juozas Kriauciunas (USA), Antanina Kasperavičienė (USA), Vytautas Alksninis (USA), Petronėlė Orintaitė-Januta (USA), Rev. A. Maskeliūnas (the Dean of the Šakiai Dean’s Office, the Rector of Sintautai).

Photographs from the Museum's funds