temporary exhibition

KAUNAS (UN)TEMPORARINESS

SPACE X

This is a space for active youth: come and contribute to the creation of a new space in the city by participating and changing the cultural life of Kaunas. A space to enjoy: spend your time on comfortable beanbags, have a cup of tea or coffee, use wifi, play table games, read books, or listen to vinyl records.

Become a DJ... in a museum!

Visitors of the Folk Music Branch are welcome to try out our new instrument – Mash Machine. Play with well-known Lithuanian folk songs spiced up by a heavy metal band Thundertale.

Explore one of the oldest stone castles in Lithuania

The renovated premises of the Kaunas Castle Tower feature modern expositions dedicated to the history of the castle. It presents the most significant historical facts and personalities, castle’s metamorphoses and changes in its functions from the 14th century until the present day.

Kaunas Town Hall

Kaunas Castle

Folk Music Branch

Mikas and Kipras Petrauskas House

Juozas Gruodis House

07.01–09.01

BETWEEN MEDICINE AND POLITICS: THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPEAKER OF THE SEIMAS JONAS STAUGAITIS

The exhibition aims at tracing and commemorating the personalities and events significant to Lithuanian Parliamentarism. The present exhibition is devoted to a prominent member of the Lithuanian Parliament and one of the three officials who had the highest position in the Republic of Lithuania, the Speaker of the Seimas Jonas Staugaitis.

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04.12–12.31

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION OF POST-FOLK FESTIVALS

This exhibition displays five continuous post-folk festivals: “Suklegos”, “Mėnuo Juodaragis“, “Kilkim žaibu“, “Jotvos vartai”, and “Saulėtosios naktys.“ The popularity of these festivals suggests that folk music is still important for contemporary people, and it may be one of the ways to create distinctive relationship with the past of the nation.

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08.02–08.31

ALISA RŪTA STRAVINSKAITĖ “GRAFIKA 2013–2018”

Mythological motives and the symbols of life and death dominate in the graphic works by young artist Alisa Rūta Stravinskaitė. Particular attention is paid to the interaction between the individual and his/her national identity, the search for identity of a young person, and the possibility to choose.

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10.11–12.31

BUTCHER NO. 1 IN KAUNAS. REVEALING THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS OF ST. GERTRUDE STREET

The exhibition telling the story of a plot in Kaunas Old Town, St. Gertrude’s str. 51A: from a meat trade point and a bone workshop to a jewish school and a fish market.

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07.18–08.20

NEW ARRIVAL: “UNDINĖ”

We present a pin and a bowling ball, which were given by Kaunas resident and founder of Lithuanian Bowling Federation Juozas Nevidauskas.

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Mikas and Kipras Petrauskas House

Kipras Petrauskas Memorial Apartment
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Folk Music Branch

LITHUANIAN FOLK MUSIC
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Kaunas Castle

Kaunas Castle
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Juozas Gruodis House

The home of Juozas Gruodis
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