Kapčiamiesčio Emilijos Pliaterytės muziejus

About the museum

The museum began to be built in 1984 at the Kapčiamiestis secondary school. In 2006 it became a branch of the Lazdijų krašto muziejus (Lazdijai Regional Museum) and was named after Emilija Pliaterytė. Four main exhibitions are currently on display, presenting the history of the town, traditional culture, the enlighteners of the region and prominent personalities.

The largest exhibition is dedicated to the heroine of the 1831 uprising, Captain Countess Emilija Pliaterytė, called the “Lithuanian Joan of Arc”. The ethnographic exhibition reflects the culture and everyday life of Kapčiamiestis in the early 20th century; it displays farm tools, household items and furniture, and a cottage window recalls the history of the family of a border policeman between Lithuania and Poland.

The town history exhibition presents the Jewish community that lived in Kapčiamiestis, the composer Česlovas Sasnauskas, the folk singer Veronika Povilionienė, Gražina Bigelytė-Bulavienė, the first female announcer of Lithuanian television, and other famous people. A separate exhibition is dedicated to the engineer, traveller and photographer Antanas Sadeckis, a pioneer of expeditions to places of deportation.

Highlights

• Exhibition on the heroine of the 1831 uprising, Emilija Pliaterytė
• Ethnographic exhibition on the everyday life of Kapčiamiestis
• Town history, including the Jewish community
• Antanas Sadeckis exhibition

Permanent exhibitions

• Emilijos Pliaterytės ekspozicija – The museum’s largest exhibition, on the captain and heroine of the 1831 uprising, Countess Emilija Pliaterytė.
• Kapčiamiesčio etnografinė ekspozicija – Traditional culture and everyday life of Kapčiamiestis in the early 20th century: farm tools, household items and furniture.
• Miestelio istorija, krašto šviesuoliai ir iškilios asmenybės – The past of Kapčiamiestis, the history of its Jewish community and prominent people of the region.
• Antanas Sadeckas – The activity of the engineer, traveller, photographer and pioneer of expeditions to places of deportation, Antanas Sadeckis.

Founded

1984

Operated by

Lazdijų krašto muziejus

Admission & discounts

Prices apply to the Lazdijai Regional Museum and all its branches. Free admission for children under 7, persons over 80, orphans and children who have lost parental care with accompanying persons, persons with disabilities with accompanying persons, museum staff (with ID) and persons accompanying groups.

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in Kapčiamiestis, at Taikos g. 11.

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