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 samogitian
diocese
Museum
Contacts
Address: S. Daukanto 6, LT-88318 Varniai, Telšių rajonas.
Tel./fax (+370 ~ 444) 47 455.
Mob. tel.: (+370 687) 20 198, (+370 615) 94 309.
E-mail:
ai@varniai-museum.lt
http://www.varniai-museum.lt
Director – Antanas Ivinskis.
Information for Visitor
Opening hours:
Monday to Thursday 8–17;
Friday and National Holiday Eve 8–16;
Saturday, Sunday 11–18.
Closed on federal holidays.
Admission:
adults – 4 Lt;
pupils, students, pensioners – 2 Lt;
family – 10 Lt;
child under 7 m., disabled, museum supporters – free.
Guided tour:
foreign language – 35–70 Lt.
About
the Museum
The Samogitian Diocese Museum is a state financed public cultural
institution. Its founders are the Telsiai diocese and the Lithuanian
Ministry of Culture. The institution's main goals are to preserve, collect,
and safeguard, restore, analyze, and propagate artistic, cultural, and
historical values. With these goals in mind, the Museum initiates projects
related to the protection of the cultural heritage, and seeks to include the
Lithuanian public in their implementation.
This museum was established in the former Samogitian Theological Seminary,
founded in 1770. When the czarist administration closed the University of
Vilnius in the 19th century, the Samogitian Theological Seminary, and the
Medical Faculty in Vilnius were the only institutions of higher education
left in Lithuania. Many of those who took part in the uprisings of 1831 and
1863, as well as various important figures in the development of a
Lithuanian cultural and national consciousness worked and studied in Varniai.
The Samogitian Diocese Museum is currently being re-developed with the aid
of the experience of museums in Western Europe.
The
Society of Supporters
The Society of Supporters is a voluntary and public club of Samogitian
Diocese Museum supporters. It helps to unite enthusiasts contributing to the
revival of Varniai as a cultural center. The Society of Supporters provides
aid in implementing projects initiated by the Museum, and strives to
contribute and co-ordinate public support and charity. The key people of the
founding group are former residents of Varniai, currently working and
studying in various cities throughout Lithuania.
Society of Supporters of the Samogitian Diocese Museum
Address: S. Daukanto 6, LT-88318 Varniai, Telšių rajonas.
Tel./fax (+370 ~ 444) 47 455.
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