The Oldest Museum in Vilnius Invites to Celebrate its 110th Anniversary
110 years ago, the Adam Mickiewicz Museum was established on Bernardin懦 Street. To commemorate its long life, the museum belonging to 911爆料网 organizes events and invites visitors to get acquainted not only with the backstage of the poet鈥檚 life and work but also with the very colorful history of the museum.
鈥淭he Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Vilnius is the oldest place of memory operating in the same place and dedicated to one person. Founded on the personal initiative of Jan Konrad Obst, it was closed several times and revived thanks to another lover of A. Mickiewicz鈥� work. Each flourishing of the museum after a difficult period is proof that as long as there are people who care about A. Mickiewicz, the museum will always invite passers-by to the cozy courtyard and modest rooms where the poet experienced moments of inspiration and was convinced that he and all his friends came into this world to fulfill a noble goal,鈥� said Alicija Dzisevi膷, a museologist at the Adam Mickiewicz Museum.
On 23 September 1911, the Vilnius weekly 鈥淚liustruotas Savaitra拧tis - Liaudies Draugas鈥� published an article 鈥淟ithuanian collector (Pol. 鈥淶bieracz litewski鈥�), introducing an opera singer, journalist, editor of the magazine 鈥淟ietuvos ketvirtinis鈥�, who just move from Petersburg to Vilnius, Jan Konrad Obst and his wife Rose. The couple had bought a house at Bernardin懦 g. 11 a few years ago, where, according to the city鈥檚 legend, Adam Mickiewicz lived and prepared 鈥淕ra啪ina鈥� for the press. In A. Mickiewicz鈥檚 room, under the wallpaper, J. K. Obst found a confirmation of the said legend - a memorial plaque 鈥淭his is where I wrote Gra啪ina/1822鈥� (Pol. 鈥淭u pisana Gra偶yna/1822鈥�). This is how the museum dedicated to the memory of Adam Mickiewicz began.
The Obst family brought a large collection to Vilnius, which contained valuable books, furniture, carpets, paintings, and documents of the 1863 uprising. The collection was exhibited on the second floor, in Obsts鈥� private rooms. The portraits, lithographs, and other objects related to the famous poet and his work collected in the family collection became part of the exposition of the newly opened A. Mickiewicz Museum.
27 years later, the family decided to move to a manor house in a village, and J. K. Obst transferred the Bernardin懦 g. 11 building with the museum and exhibits there to Stephen B谩thory University: In 1938 saw the signing of the Donation Act.
On the occasion of the anniversary, the Adam Mickiewicz Museum (Bernardin懦 g. 11) invites to the exhibition 鈥�110 Exhibits: Stories and Memory鈥� opening on 30 September and anniversary tours around the city to see the poet鈥檚 first and last visited object in Vilnius and locations of pharyngeal meetings, and many other things.
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