Pasvalio krašto muziejus

About the museum

The Pasvalio krašto muziejus is housed in the building that, from 1964 to 1990, was a typical Soviet cinema called “Svalia”. After the building was reconstructed, the museum opened here in September 1998, inviting visitors to discover the history of the Pasvalys region.

The ethnography exhibition displays 19th- and 20th-century farming implements, household objects, craftsmen's tools, musical instruments, genuine stone querns, flax-processing tools and weaving looms, and a traditional Aukštaitija farmhouse (gryčia). The geology exhibition presents the distinctive features of the region – gypsum-bearing rocks and karst processes, minerals, fossils, Lithuanian oil and Baltic amber. The history exhibition includes Stone and Iron Age finds from the Ąžuolpamūšė hillfort, the Norelių cemetery and other sites, weapons of the Semigallians (žiemgaliai), and a recreated old market square with a short film about Pasvalys. “Kultūros panorama” (“Cultural Panorama”) tells the stories of notable people from the region.

The exhibition “Pasaulio žmogus – Antanas Poška” (“A Man of the World – Antanas Poška”) commemorates the traveller, scientist and Esperantist: it includes five interactive books, the motorcycle “Iž Jupiter 2” on which the 1972 journey to the North Caucasus is re-enacted, and personal belongings. In a virtual reality bunker visitors can get to know the partisans, and a virtual spring lets them descend into the deepest cave in Lithuania. On the second floor there is a collection of witches, and a children's play room, “Meškiuko Rudnosiuko trobelė” (“Teddy Bear Rudnosiukas's Hut”). The museum also has outdoor exhibits: the partisan bunker in the Žadeikiai forest and the interactive sculpture of Antanėlis.

Highlights

• Ethnography, geology and history exhibitions
• Exhibition “Pasaulio žmogus – Antanas Poška” with motorcycle
• Virtual reality partisan bunker
• Second floor – collection of witches
• Children's play room “Meškiuko Rudnosiuko trobelė”

Permanent exhibitions

• Etnografija – Nineteenth- and twentieth-century farming implements, household objects, craftsmen's tools, musical instruments and an Aukštaitija farmhouse.
• Geologija – Gypsum-bearing rocks, karst processes, minerals, fossils, oil and amber of the Pasvalys region.
• Istorija – Stone and Iron Age finds, Semigallian weapons and the development of the town of Pasvalys; a recreated old market square.
• Kultūros panorama – History of notable people of the Pasvalys region – priests, teachers, doctors and artists – told through museum objects.
• Pasaulio žmogus – Antanas Poška – Interactive exhibition on the traveller, scientist and Esperantist Antanas Poška, his motorcycle and the journey to the North Caucasus.

Founded

1998

Admission & discounts

Children from children's homes and special schools, pre-school children and employees of Lithuanian museums visit free of charge. Some educational sessions are charged extra.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Playground / play area

Children's play room “Meškiuko Rudnosiuko trobelė” (€3 per child).

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