Lietuvos balsas Šaltojo karo metais | Ekskursija su kuratore G. Jankevičiūte

We invite you to a tour of the exhibition "Lithuanian voice during the Cold War: Lithuanian chapels at the Washington National Shrine and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican" with curator G. Jankevičiūtė!

During the tour, the curator will tell about the exhibits presented in the Washington National Shrine and St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Lithuanian chapels that have been operating for more than fifty years, and the historical and artistic contexts of their creation. Today, we rarely think that their appearance in the two centers of the Western world at the height of the Cold War is tantamount to a miracle. At that time, Lithuania did not exist on the geopolitical map of the world, Catholicism was persecuted and crushed in our country, believers suffered restrictions and repressions.

This exhibition presents the history of both chapels, reveals their significance for Lithuanians diaspora and occupied Lithuania. The exhibition pays special attention to the artistic contexts that allowed Lithuanian artists who were war refugees to integrate into the artistic life of the countries that received them. Additional parts of the exhibition are devoted to the modernization of interwar Lithuanian ecclesiastical art and architecture and the work of Lithuanian artists who left their homeland at the end of World War II.

The duration of the tour is 1 hour.
After purchasing a visitor's ticket (8 EUR, with a discount - 5 EUR), the excursion is free.
Pre-registration is required, tel. + 370 5 269 7800 or e-mail e-mail edukacija@bpmuziejus.lt.
Tickets can be purchased at the museum box office or in the "Paysera Tickets" system.

Museum activities are financed by: Vilnius Archdiocese, Lithuanian Culture Council.

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