24th June Feast of St John

The Open-Air Museum of Lithuania invites everyone to get together on the 24th of June and recall the old customs of the Bonfires of Saint John (Lith. Joninės). The celebration starts at 1 PM. Experience the ritualistic magic of water, plant gathering and sorcery! Divine the future by flowers and wreaths, pay respect to the fire, enjoy St. John’s greetings and try your luck on the St. John’s quiz! And, as it is bad manners to come to the Saint John's festival empty-handed, Janė will take care of everything! There will be a lot of dancing, singing along with the musical bands, playing, jumping over bonfires and horse-drawn carriage rides… Let’s celebrate the Bonfires of Saint John together!


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Wooden heritage festival at the Lithuanian Open Air Museum May 20, 2016

Over 1000 of museum visitors observed, experienced and participated in numerous activities. For most of the visitors this was an introduction to carpentry. Visitors had an opportunity to observe carpentry work building a granary model (1:10) of Dzukija ethnografical region and key carpentry tools.


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Open Doors day in Salos

On 5th June an Open Doors day event in Salos took a place – the visitors were introduced with intermediate results of restorations works of the Project, a variety of wooded buildings restoration methods. Also, guest were invited to listen to a wonderful performance of folk ensembles “Čiulbutė” and “Linago”.


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The series “War and Peace” filming locations developed tourist route

The series, created by Tolstoy's famous novel, is rapidly gaining popularity around the world, especially in Great Britain. Filming locations also chosen not accidentally - it is a historic and authentic areas, which would convey not only novel, but also the series creators approach. That is why the Open Air Museum of Lithuania is also included as a necessary filming location - the series creators believe is the perfect equivalent of Siberia.


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