Kupiškis District Tourism and Business Information Center, VšĮ

Museum

Well, this room was already decorated later, perhaps by the second Jonas Žurauskis. Here we can already see the neo-Gothic motifs characteristic of that period. Two windows, above them – neo-Gothic lintels. Two doors, above them – neo-Gothic borders. Since the room is walk-through, there is little light, so the illusory stained glass windows painted on the inner wall with the same neo-Gothic lintels give the room coziness and the illusion of light. On the ceiling – neo-Gothic profiles with neo-Gothic ornaments. Unfortunately, the room is begging for the hands of restorers to reveal all the beauty hidden during the Soviet era.

In the time of the Žurauskių, this room was a dining room, and now it is a museum. This is a collection of old household items, prints, and finds from the Adomynė area that activists of the Adomynė rural community (initiated by former cultural worker Rima Lapienienė) started collecting in the last century. Each item brought here has an interesting story and is valuable in its own way. They are arranged in such a way as to create a cozy interior of an old-fashioned corner of a house. It seems that this is not a museum exhibition, but a living room. Here you will find both painfully familiar and completely surprising objects and utensils: clocks, lamps and lanterns, telephones, televisions, radios, a sewing machine, irons heated with embers, washing and ironing boards, dowry chests, an old-fashioned bed with a morning dew, wooden travel suitcases, and even a machine for printing and sewing books.

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