In the panorama of cultural conservationists, the General Director of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Arūnas Gėlūnas, emerges as a luminary. His dedication is not bound by the confines of museums or galleries; it […]
Traditional St. Bartholomew’s Fair certificated as Lithuanian national heritage is revived for the 7th time with a great event reconstructing crafts, arts and guild traditions of the Late Medieval Ages and the Renaissance. […]
The old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius has been listed among cultural objects protected by the state, under a decree signed by Lithuania’s Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis on Friday. […]
Lithuanian Days where folk artists and craftsmen promote Lithuanian national cultural heritage, cuisine, folklore, education, medical and tourism opportunities in Lithuania are being held in Dnipro in Eastern Ukraine. […]
Vilnius communities have successfully challenged the practice of the Cultural Heritage Department which refused to share its plans for UNESCO-protected Vilnius Oldtown. […]
The Immovable Cultural Heritage Assessment Council, part of the Department of Cultural Heritage, voted on Tuesday to recommend that Soviet-era statues, that used to stand on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius, be crossed out of the list of protected heritage. […]
An old Jewish cemetery site in Vilnius should be listed as a cultural heritage object under state protection, suggests Diana Varnaitė, the director of the Cultural Heritage Department. […]
A development plan for the Oldtown of Vilnius, currently being drafted by the Culture Heritage Department, has raised concerns of heritage preservationists. The plan envisages “reconstruction of historical zones” that were destroyed during World War Two, which critics say will open the door for new construction in public squares at the heart of Vilnius. […]
The new chairwoman of the State Cultural Heritage Commission will look into the fate of the soviet Green Bridge sculptures that were removed from central Vilnius last summer. […]
The Soviet statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius will not be removed from the Register of Cultural Monuments, a special panel at the Department of Cultural Heritage, which evaluates immovable cultural heritage objects, decided on Tuesday. […]
A special council that held a meeting at Lithuania’s Department of Cultural Heritage on Tuesday asked specialists to evaluate artistic value of Soviet-era statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius. […]
An international panel of experts has recommended to the European Commission to approve Kaunas City Municipality’s application ‘Kaunas of 1919-1940’ and to include the city in the list of the European Heritage Label sites. The European Commission will adopt a decision by 15 February 2015. […]
Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis signed a law amending the criteria for cultural artifacts to be listed as heritage. From now on objects marked with Soviet or Nazi symbols will not be included in the Register of Cultural Heritage. […]
The fate of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge in the Lithuanian capital should be decided during a conference organized by the State Commission for Cultural Heritage this fall, daily Lietuvos žinios reported Friday. […]
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