The President of Lithuania Kazys Grinius Memorial Museum

Tel.: +370-343-91362

Info Telefon: +370-343-92636
Besucher-Email: grin_muziejus@marijampole.aps.lt

Monday to Friday 9.00-12.00; 12.45-16.00.

"On January 1, 1998 Lithuanian President's K. Grinius memorial museum was founded in the house where Kazys Grinius lived in 1904-1914.
This house became the center of cultural movement of the whole Uznemune and was called "Griniai House". The first in the area public performance "America in a bathhouse" was shown in the house on May 28, 1905, meetings and rehearsals of the choir took place.
A society "Sviesa" ("Light") with a lot of branches in Suvalkija and a library of the society were established in "Griniai house".
The greatest part of the collection comprises photographs, books, documentary material connected with K. Grinius' and his family 's life and activity." (Museums of Lithuania)

 

Marijampole Local Lore Museum

Tel.: +370-343-93042

Info Telefon: +370-343-56288
Besucher-Email: markrmuziejus@mail.lt

Marijampole Town Municipality

Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-17.00.

"In 1930 the Marijampole Province Council allotted funds for a museum’s establishing and formed an organizing committee for this purpose. In autumn of 1933 the museum SODZIUS was opened.
In 1948 the museum SODZIUS was reorganized into the Museum of Ethnography and in 1950 it moved to other premises in the Laisves Street.
In 1964 the Museum moved to the present premises. With the passage of time the Museum enlarged, its exposition being continuously updated.

The museum contains archaeological, numismatic, and ethnographic exhibits, as well as documents, photographs and applied arts." (Museums of Litauania)
The exhibition at 31 Vytauto St. The exposition contains "photographs, charts and plans reflecting the history of Marijampole town from older times to the present." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

The Tauras District Partisans and Deportation Museum

Info Telefon: +370-343-50754
Besucher-Email: dbalkute@gmail.com

Tuesday to Saturday 9.00-17.00.

"In 1993 the museum was opened to visitors.

The Museum accumulates and exposes relicts, archival documents, photographs, reminiscences of people, arms etc. from the Soviets’ deportation and partisan period.

Exposition
The exposition commemorates the Tauras district partisans, who in post-war years were active in the Suduva area and the life of deportees from Suduva." (Museums of Lithuania)

 

Jonas Basanavicius Farmstead-Museum and Lithuanian National Revival Oak Grove

Info Telefon: +370-342-43384

Vilkaviskis Area Museum

Tuesday to Saturday 11.00-17.00.

"The museum was founded in the birthplace of scientist and medical doctor Jonas Basanavicius (1851-1927) - the patriarch of Lithuanian national revival, signatory of the February 16, 1918 Independence Act, and the founder, publisher and editor of the first Lithuanian newspaper "Ausra".
The exhibition displays photocopies of his manuscripts and personal documents, photographs and books.
In 1989 the first oak-trees were planted in the National Revival Oak Grove which is to surround the farmstead." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Vistytis P. Kriauciunas secondary school local lore museum

Info Telefon: +370-342-63423

"The museum was founded in 1995...The exposition presents the history of Vistytis secondary school and Vistytis area." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Paezeriai school museum

Info Telefon: +370-342-45216

Paezeriai secondary school

"The museum’s exposition tells about the Paezeriai village and also tells about the school’s history." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Vilkaviskis Area Museum

Tel.: +370-342-46399

Info Telefon: +370-342-46268
Besucher-Email: vilkaviskiokrastomuziejus@takas.lt

Tuesday to Friday 10.00-17.00.
Saturday, Sunday 11.00-16.00.
Visitors of the museum are attended to on the holidays of February 16, March 11, July 6.
Visitors of the museum are not attended to on religious holidays, on January 1, on Mother's day, on the day for commemorating the dead.

"The museum contains numismatics and archaeological collections, documents, maps, calendars, photographs, antique household articles, and works by folk artists.
114 765 items are kept in the stock of the museum.
Valuables of the nature of the land (geology, flora and fauna), archaeology, history, ethno-culture, fine and applied arts, folk art, memorial material on famous people of the land and its emigrants are accumulated and kept in the museum.
Collections of calendars, philately, textbooks, numismatics are being formed.
According to their type valuables of the museum are classified into 12 groups and 72 subgroups. Those are archaeological finds, natural objects, documents, valuable things, photo-documentary material, numismatics, bonistique, philately and philocarty, the written language, works of art, posters and film archives, photo-archives." (Museums of Lithuania)
 

Vincas Kudirka Granary-Museum

Tel.: +370-342-46268

Info Telefon: +370-342-46399

Vilkaviskis Area Museum

ATTENTION: Visits by arrangement.

The museum was founded in 1965 in Vincas Kudirka's (1858-1899) family farmstead.
The museum became branch museum in 1995.
An exhibition commemorating the leader of the national movement, the author of the Lithuanian national anthem, writer, publicist, translator and doctor Vincas Kudirka, has been mounted in a former granary (built in 1867). The most cherished exhibit is a violin, which once belonged to V. Kudirka.

 

Zanavykai Area Museum

Info Telefon: +370-345-45635
Besucher-Email: zanmuziejus@takas.lt

Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00 h.

The Museum of Small Town Sirvintos (Private museum)

Info Telefon: +370-345-57333

"The exposition contains photographs, printings, articles, and memoirs, reflecting the history of the small town Sirvintos." (Museums of Lithuania)