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 skuodas'
Museum
Contacts
Address: Šaulių g. 3, Skuodas.
Tel. (+370 ~ 440) 73 638.
E-mail: skuodomuziejus[at]gmail.com,
skuodo.muziejus[at]takas.lt
Director – Aldona Ozolienė.
Information for Visitor
Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday 8–17;
Friday 8–15.45.;
Saturday 10–14 (June 1 – August 31).
Admission:
adults – 1 Lt;
Pupils, students, pensioners – 0,50 Lt;
Disabled – free.
Additional services:
ordering excursions.
 Collection
The museum contains history, ethnography, numismatics, archaeology, architecture, nature
and folk art collections.
Expositions
 Skuodas City Formation
Historical Exposition
First
area news are presented, archeological findings, is presented castle hill of
Apuolė, as center of the land of Kursas and the city of Skuodas beginning of
establishment. Active section is "City Establisher Jonas Chodkevičius and
Inheritors".
Exposition "Samogitian
House"
This exposition is set up from collected ethnographic exponents from Skuodas'
region. Good Samogitian house and pantry with many instruments, both from
the end of 19th century and beginning of 20th century, are presented in this
exposition. Flax processing implements are also shown.
Folk Art History of Skuodas
Area
Sports Activity in Skuodas Region
The Old Crafts of the
Country and the Women Activities
The Presents Received by
Vygaudas Usackas
Exhibitions
Fine art, folk art, literature and regional studies exhibitions are
organized at the Museum.
Cultural, educational activity
 Organization
of exhibitions;
Preparation of concerts;
Organization of meetings with prominent persons;
Organization of lectures and conferences;
Lessons at the Museum of history and other subjects;
Rendering informative materials about the history of Skuodas Region.
Other
news
Founded in 1991.
Museum's establisher – The Skuodas' Municipality.
 Skuodas
Skuodas is a historic town in the Lithuanian Republic, located near the
Latvian boarder, 40 kilometres away from the Latvian boarder, 40 kilometers
away from the Baltic Sea and 350 kilometers from Vilnius. It sits on the
nexus of the Luoba and Bartuva rivers. In historic documents, Skuodas was
first mentioned in the year 1253. At that time, the town was part of the
territory occupied by the Kuršiai, called Ceklis.
The first Catholic missionaries reached the town in 1567. To commemorate
them, a monument stands in the town's center.
In 1572, nobleman J. Chodkevičius won the rights to govern the town. The
Sapiegos nobles governed after his rule.
The district school in Kaunas opened in 1614.
Skuodas and the surrounding area suffered during the North War, which
occurred between 1700 and 1721. In 1831, rebels attempting to win freedom
from craziest Russia occupied the town. After craziest forces suppressed the
rebellion, they took Skuodas from the Sapiegos.
 Fires damaged the city in the years 1769, 1835, 1897 and 1909.
The railroad running from Klaipeda to Riga was built through the town in
1914.
The first primary school opened in 1918 and the first secondary school in
1928.
During the World War II, the town was largely destroyed.
The Evangelic-Lutheran Church built in 1821, and the Catholic Church built
in 1850, still stand as reminders of the town's past/ the chimes of the
Catholic Church exist even today.
At the entrance to the town's 35-hectare park, stands a monument to
commemorate the nation's suffering during the post-war period.
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