The S. & S. Lozoraitis Museum

Contacts
Address: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (Vytautas the Great University)
K. Donelaičio g. 58-8, Kaunas.
E-mail: a.briediene[at]hmf.vdu.lt 
http://www.vdu.lt/s-ir-s-lozoraiciu-muziejus,-vdu-istorijos-mene
Director – Asta Petraitytė.

Exposition
This exhibition was founded in the Lord Rector premises of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, in a room which earlier served as the office and meeting place of the family of Stasys Lozoraitis, Senior (1898-1983). From 1934 to 1938 Stasys Lozaraitis, Sr. was a Foreign Minister for Lithuania, and in 1939 he was appointed Special Envoy and Diplomatic Agent to Italy and from 2nd June 1940 served as Chief Ambassador, responsible for the entire Lithuanian diplomatic service personnel residing in every foreign country.
Stasys Lozoraitis, Junior was born in Berlin on 2nd August 1924 into the family of Lithuanian Diplomat Stasys Lozoraitis. From 1944 to 1948 he studied a law at the University of Rome. In 1943 he began working in the Lithuanian embassy at the Holy See in Rome. In 1968 he worked in the Lithuanian embassy in Washington, DC. In 1970 he was appointed Lithuanian delegate by the Holy See. In 1991 Lozoraitis was appointed Special Envoy and Diplomatic Agent in the United States, and he returned to Lithuania in 1992. In 1993 he was a candidate to the presidency of the Republic of Lithuanian. Not being elected president, Lozoraitis continued his duties in the Lithuanian embassy in the United States and, later, the duties of Special Envoy and Diplomatic Agent in Italy for the Republic of Lithuania. He died on 13th June 1994 and was buried in Putnam cemetery in the United States, but on 15th June 1999 his remains were brought to Lithuania and reburied in a Kaunas cemetary.
Documental materials, photographs, memorabilia and the art collection of this prominent Lithuanian family of diplomats are exposed in this museum, presented by Kazys Lozoraitis, brother of Stasys Lozoraitis, Jr., also an ambassador, Daniele Lozoraitis the widower of Stasys Lozaraitis, Jr., and Dalia Dankevičiūtė-Brazauskienė, a relative of the Lozaraitis family.
The authenticity of the exhibition enables the viewer to relive the atmosphere and spirit of the prominent people of former times, in addition to reflecting numerous historical facts and the values of the 20th Century.
The museum accumulates and preserves such archival materials as: audio and video recordings, musical compacts, documents, articles, photographs, and letters, both official and personal.
The documental video recordings are mainly about the Lozoraitis family diplomats and their activity, in addition to some recordings of official ceremonies and events.
The audio recordings present speeches, interviews, memoirs, conversations and stories of Stasys Lozoraitis, Jr. and the people who knew his family very well.
A catalogue is available linking information about the Lozoraitis Family to the state archives, libraries, and various publications where additional material can be found.