field expositions

An open-air collection of bowled stones and millstones, which includes about 321 exhibits, has been accumulated in the homestead of Pasvalys resident and museum-keeper Antanas Stapulionis (1930-2011): An exposition of 214 millstones, 64 bowl stones, 7 “footed” stones, 2 boundary stones, and mill gears. The collection of exhibits started in 1979. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Pasvalys County Museum, A. Stapulionis donated the millstone exposition to the Regional Museum.

This is a historical place in Pasvalys region. The partisans of the Pasvalys region, led by Jonas Alenčikas-Dragūnas, hid in this underground building after the battles. The actual bunker was built here in 1945, destroyed during the battle, and rebuilt for the first time in 1997. Over time, the wooden logs cracked, the hatches collapsed, the bunks and the cross erected nearby in memory of the partisans rotted. In 2019 on the initiative of the Pasvalys Regional Museum, after receiving financial support from the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Pasvalys District Municipality, the partisan bunker in the Žadeikiai forest…

Antanėlis is a strange musician of the Lēvuo river bridge, a reborn legend, who touched the hearts of passers-by with the sound of his violin during the interwar period. Interactive sculpture in Pasvalys is not only form, but content as well. Its content was created by locals – actress Olita Dautartaitė, TV and radio presenter Jonas Nainys, and poet Vladas Braziūnas. Antanėlis speaks with the texts recorded by these personalities. Touching his right hand, Jonas tells about the most beautiful places in Pasvalys. Olita, who “settled” in the left hand, retells you the legend of Antanelis. And when you put…