Activities in Raudondvaris

A talk on Shrovetide traditions, after which participants make a mask from wood and linen offcuts. Suitable for all ages.

A programme for grades 5–12 and adult groups: amber is explored through legend, science and safe experiments, and participants string a brac…

An introduction to amber and its meaning in Baltic culture: participants sand, engrave and string their own amulet. Content is adapted for g…

In the manor castle, participants write and seal a letter or Christmas greeting following 16th-century examples.

History sessions on sword traditions, the kontusz sash, 16th–17th-century firearms, Winged Hussar weapons and armour, and noble dress. Each…

A programme for primary pupils telling the origin of Baltic amber through the legend, with experiments on its weight, warmth and smell. It c…

A session in the manor’s former stables on luck and belief in the horseshoe: participants make their own horseshoe from wood, amber and othe…

A tour of about 40 minutes in the manor’s red hall, on the love story of these historical figures and its link with Raudondvaris. Groups of…

A walk of about an hour through the castle rooms with a Renaissance lady, on its most prominent owners from the late 16th to the early 20th…

A session on the love story of Sigismund and Barbara: participants look at their letters to each other and write a letter of their own at th…

A tour of about an hour covering the origin of the name, the nobles who owned the manor and the restored buildings from outside, and where p…

A 1.5–2 hour tour at dusk: stories of the counts’ lives and secrets in the palace halls, then a walk to the nearby cemetery for the tales be…