Kernavės archeologinės vietovės muziejus

By purchasing a ticket at this museum, you will be able to visit your convenience (museum hours). The ticket is valid up to 31 December 2024.
Today's Kernavė Archaeological Local Museum has deep roots. Juozas Šiaučiūnas, Head of Kernavė Primary School He opened one of the first regional museums in Lithuania - the Museum of the Regional Museum. Together with students during educational expeditions, he studied local neighborhoods, collected randomly found archaeological finds and ethnographic objects. Until 1940 The museum accumulated 630 exhibits, most of whom were bought from the locals at his own expense. The teacher's initiative was also supported by the priest Nicodemus Švogžlys-Milinin, known as an active ethnographer, publicist, and many other enthusiastic patriots. However, the ruthless 1941 The teacher with his family was exiled. Separated from his wife and children, died in 1943. In the Krasnoyarsk region, in Rešotas. During the Hitler occupation, part of the museum's exhibits disappeared, some of them were preserved by teachers Sofija Jakštaitė and Juozas Rudzinskas, who in 1945. appointed director of the museum. 1948 The museum is transferred to the premises of a nationalized parsonage. In the museum's exposition, exhibits were divided by themes: Nature Department, Archeology from ancient times to the 15th century, during the years of Soviet authorities. 1949-1958 the museum was led by J. Grybauskas, 1958-1961. -B. Valančiūtė, 1961-1963. - M. Zapareckaitė. Under the leadership of it, the museum's exposition was supplemented by ethnographic exhibits of Kernavė neighborhoods. In 1960, Kernavė mounds and Pajauta Valley were announced a reserve. Since 1963, the museum has been operating on a public basis, and since 1965, the Kernavė Ethnographic Museum has become a branch of the Trakai History Museum, headed by D. Kvieskienė. 1968 A new exposition with four chapters is opened: Kernavė from ancient times to the 19th century, 19th century. Exhibitions of manor culture, peasant life in the 19th century. Pab. - twentieth century. BC, a class for class fight from Tsarism until 1940-1941. Since 1973 The museum was led by J. Purvaneckienė. 1979 Consistent archaeological research began, traces of the city of Kernavė discovered and many other archaeological objects have been discovered. The Government in 1989 was in order to properly investigate and preserve this heritage. establishes an independent state museum of Kernavė Archeology and History. To lead an appointed archaeologist ist. m. k. Vytautas Ušinskas. Until 1993, the museum operated in the former parsonage building. In 1993, this exposition was opened in one of the halls of the House of Culture, which included extensive material from the prehistory of Kernavė to the 18th century, and a small exposition reflecting the 19th-20th centuries. first half of Kernaviškės and the history of the museum. June 20 The Kernavė Museum-Rezervat was granted the status of the State Kernavė Cultural Reserve. The Kernavė archaeological site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main purpose of the cultural reserve is to preserve the Kernavė Territorial Cultural Heritage Complex, the realized and movable cultural values ​​in its territory, and organize their scientific research, to manage and promote them properly. 2012 The reconstructed modern Museum of Kernavė Archaeological Site with a new exhibit, presenting the most impressive archaeological findings found in Kernavė, opened its doors.
Museum working hours:
November - March Tuesdays - Saturdays 10am - 4pm.
April - October Wednesdays - Sundays 10 - 6 p.m.
* The museum expositions of the Kernavė archaeological site do not work on Sunday, Monday and on public holidays.

By purchasing a ticket at this museum, you will be able to visit your convenience (museum hours). The ticket is valid up to 31 December 2025.
Museum working hours:
November - March Tuesdays - Saturdays 10am - 4pm.
April - October Wednesdays - Sundays 10 - 6 p.m.
* The museum expositions of the Kernavė archaeological site do not work on Sunday, Monday and on public holidays.

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