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Venclauskiai house

 Vytauto street 89, Šiauliai
Phone +370 41 524 392
Opening hours: I–V 8 a. m. – 5 p. m.; V 8 a.m. – 3:45 p. m.
The house of Stanislava and Kazimieras Venclauskiai was built between 1925 and 1927. In1955, the house was given to Siauliai Ausros Museum, where the first after-war exposition of the museum and later - exposition, depicting various kinds of arts was opened.
In 1995, the S. and K. Venclauskiai exposition was opened at the house, illustrating the domestic and public lives of the noted lawyer and talented actress and stage manager. In 1993, in memory of the more than 100 foundlings and impoverished children who were raised in the family, a statue was unveiled on the terrace of the museum called "Motherhood" (sculptor A. Snaras). Now the building houses the administration of the Museum, History Department and Exhibitions and Visitors' Service Department, a library, and the halls for exhibitions.



























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