Siauruko muziejus

About the museum

The Siauruko muziejus (Narrow-Gauge Railway Museum) is housed in the complex of the century-old Anykščiai narrow-gauge railway station. The station was built in 1901 in the northern part of Anykščiai, on the 750 mm gauge line Rubikiai–Anykščiai–Panevėžys. The station buildings, rails, water tower, cobbled square, a 96-metre riveted steel bridge over the Šventoji, embankments and culverts have been put in order here – a monument of technology, architecture and history that preserves the spirit of the 20th century.

The staff of the A. Baranauskas and A. Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum began collecting exhibits on the history of the narrow-gauge railway in 1998. To mark the centenary of the narrow-gauge railway, in 1999 a temporary exhibition was set up in a former goods warehouse. In 2002 the locomotive Kč 4-107, made at the Škoda factory in 1949 and affectionately called “Kukuška” (“Cuckoo”), was brought to Anykščiai and became one of the museum's most attractive exhibits. In 2002–2003 a reconstruction project was carried out: the rolling stock was put in order, a shed was built to protect it, and hand-operated draisines and wagons for entertainment were acquired.

Visitors can now see the waiting room, the station master's office, a goods shed exhibition with railwaymen's tools, communication and signalling equipment, a pavilion with locomotives and goods wagons, and the exhibition of a livestock wagon recalling deportation. One can climb into the locomotive, a lorry or a rail motor car, and the reconstructed goods warehouse houses an educational hall with a cinema. The museum is a branch of the A. Baranauskas and A. Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum.

Highlights

• The Anykščiai narrow-gauge railway station of 1901
• Locomotive Kč 4-107 “Kukuška” (1949)
• Rolling stock that can be climbed into and tried out
• Livestock wagon exhibition on deportation
• A ride on a hand-operated draisine

Permanent exhibition

• Anykščių siaurojo geležinkelio ekspozicija – The history of the narrow-gauge railway is shown in the station buildings and the pavilion: waiting room, station master's office, goods shed with railwaymen's tools, a collection of locomotives and wagons, a deportation wagon exhibition and a working small locomotive.

Founded

1999

Operated by

A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus

Admission & discounts

The price applies to a guided tour of the museum. Photography for commercial purposes in the exhibitions and on the grounds (1 hour) – €50; filming – €100. Narrow-gauge train trips are run by the public institution “Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis” (siaurukas.eu).

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children enjoy the working small locomotive, the station model and climbing into the rolling stock; a family ticket is sold.

Getting there & parking

The museum is next to the Anykščiai railway station. The narrow-gauge train runs on the Panevėžys–Rubikiai section; its trips are organised by the public institution “Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis”.

Amenities & dining

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