Free museum visit on Sunday (06.29)

On 29 June 2025 you are invited to visit the Lithuanian Museum of Education for free!

The following exhibitions are currently open to visitors:

VINCAS RUZGS MEMORIAL CABINET

In 2005, the Museum established the Vince Ruzgas (1890-1972) Memorial Cabinet. It displays the personal belongings, photographs, documents, letters, awards, textbooks and other exhibits of V. Ruzgis, the founder of the Museum and its long-time director, the director of the V. Kudirka Library, a teacher and the author of textbooks. In 2015, the Memorial Cabinet was renovated and supplemented with newly acquired exhibits from the Museum’s collections. In 2021, the Ruzgis Memorial Cabinet was renovated and moved to new premises.

“FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE AGES TO US”

Two exhibitions introduce visitors to the development of education in Lithuania from the first mention of the first school at Vilnius Cathedral in 1397 to 1940. In addition to the history of pedagogy, the two exhibition halls also show the historical changes in the methods of displaying the museum’s treasures. There are both traditional showcases and school illustrations, creating an atmosphere that radiates the spirit of the different eras.

VISUAL TEACHING AIDS FOR ANCIENT NATURAL SCIENCES

The exposition introduces the visual teaching aids used in Lithuanian schools at the beginning of the 20th century: posters, moulages, models, herbaria, mineral collection. Most of the exhibition is devoted to biology. The branches of biological science are distinguished: botany (posters of plants and their structure, multimedia), zoology (posters of insects, birds, fish and other animals), human anatomy (first aid posters, models of the blood circulation, muscles and internal organs, multimedia).

SAID – WRITTEN

This is an action-packed, entertaining and experiential exhibition adapted for live educational activities. It offers an insight into the old ways and means of human communication, the communications still in use today, and how our world has been changed by pictograms, phonetic writing and computerisation. One of them is the “World Cognition Workshop”, a modernly renovated and equipped educational exercise area for the Museum’s educational activities.

The museum is currently hosting exhibitions:

“MOTHER AND CHILD”. More about the exhibition
“JONAS RUSTEMAS – PAINDRESSER AND EDUCATOR (1762-1835)”. More about the exhibition

The Art Deco Salon, the Classroom, the Reading Room and the playful Montessori space await you!

Information by phone +370 650 41018 or email info@lsim.lt