Cultural panorama

Kazys Grinius, a doctor and public figure, has noticed that the region of Pasvalys has given Lithuania a lot of famous people. Our exhibits tell the story of dozens of priests and teachers, doctors and politicians, artists and scientists… If we were to present at least one exhibit about more than 1,000 personalities of Pasvalys region, the exhibition area should have to expand many times…

A visitor can check out the wooden pelican saved from the burnt church of Saločiai, which is several centuries old, while the calm face of the martyr priest Alfonsas Lipniūnas looks upon him. The ecclesiastical books of Krinčinas and Pasvalys, rewritten by historian Algimantas Krinčius and published by Krinčinas self-publishing company, invite you to acquaint yourself with your genealogy better…

The cane and briefcase of poet Bernardas Brazdžionis, the diploma of the second place of the Mexican Olympic Games of the exile boxer Jonas Čepulis, the original monument of the deceased pilot Vytautas Lapėnas and the wreckage of the crashed plane, the pen collection of philosopher Romualdas Ozolas, the signatory of the March 11, the klompen of the writer Kazys Saja, the gas mask of doctor and politician Rasa Juknevičienė are just a few items from the exposition Cultural Panorama of the region.