Vytauto Ulevičiaus medžio skulptūrų muziejus
A museum set up in the building of the Kėdainiai district municipality, showing more than 50 wooden sculptures by carver Vytautas Ulevičius, including a large set of sculptural chess.
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About the museum
The museum was founded on 17 April 2004. It displays more than 50 works by carver Vytautas Ulevičius, who lives in the village of Krakiai (Kėdainiai district). The artist was born in 1934 in Traupis (Panevėžys district), and in 2022 he was named Honorary Citizen of the Kėdainiai region.
Ulevičius's work draws on Lithuanian folk art and traditional culture: it abounds in decorative folk ornaments, historical motifs, and mythological and religious subjects.
Highlights
- Sculptural chess with figures about one metre tall
- Figures of the Battle of Žalgiris; portraits of Maironis, M. Daukša, St Florian and M. K. Čiurlionis
- More than 50 wooden sculptures
Permanent exhibition
- Vytauto Ulevičiaus medžio skulptūros – More than 50 works by the carver are on display. The most important part is a large sculptural chess set with figures about one metre tall, depicting the Battle of Žalgiris, portraits of Maironis, M. Daukša, St Florian and M. K. Čiurlionis, as well as the “Geležinis vilkas” (Iron Wolf) and representatives of Lithuanian ethnographic regions.
- Founded
- 2004
- Operated by
- Kėdainių krašto muziejus
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Admission is free.
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