Educational programmes

Creative Workshops

Macramé workshop

Deltuvos kultūros namai, Deltuva Ukmergės kultūros centras

Participants learn the history of macramé, tie flat, loop and sailor’s knots and make a bracelet or key ring from natural cords. Lasts 1 hou…

Creative Workshops

“Žolynukai” workshop

Deltuvos kultūros namai, Deltuva Ukmergės kultūros centras

Pupils learn about old herb-gathering traditions and make a figure from a cardboard shape and dried hay. They also learn to recognise medici…

Theater

Educational Puppet Show “Antanas the Mouse”

Micaičių kultūros centras, Micaičiai Šiaulių rajono savivaldybės kultūros centras

An educational puppet theater program for groups of children. The children learn about the history of puppet theater and the tools used in i…

Museums and castles

“Siesta under the Lime Trees of Raudonė” educational programme

Raudonės pilis, Raudonė Raudonės bendruomenė „Žiburys“

A group programme about the castle’s history, the love story of José de Faria e Castro and Sofia Vaksel, and local ghost legends. Participan…

Museums and castles

“A Look into the Manor Kitchen…” educational programme

Raudonės pilis, Raudonė Raudonės bendruomenė „Žiburys“

A group programme at Raudonė Castle: up to an hour of stories about the castle’s history, manor life, legends, kitchen secrets and spices, f…

Museums and castles

“Secrets of Siesikai Manor” lecture series – Siesikai Castle

Siesikų pilis, Ukmergės r. sav. Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus

A 1.5-hour lecture in Lithuanian on Siesikai Castle, one of the earliest Renaissance buildings in Lithuania, its history and its owners in t…

Creative Workshops

“Calendar of traditional work” workshop – Siesikai Castle

Siesikų pilis, Ukmergės r. sav. Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus

An integrated lesson for primary pupils: using the drawings in the castle’s Hall of Months, they learn the order of months, seasons, farm wo…

Creative Workshops

“Getting to know the old by creating the new” workshop – Siesikai Castle

Siesikų pilis, Ukmergės r. sav. Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus

An integrated lesson at the castle: pupils learn about its history and owners and see surviving drawings, ornaments and original masonry. Th…

Crafts

“Veju, veju virveles” rope-twisting workshop

Siesikų kultūros namai, Siesikai Ukmergės kultūros centras

A workshop on the old craft of rope twisting: what ropes were made from and what they were used for, then participants try twisting with one…

Museums and castles

Educational Program “Building Medininkai Castle”

Trakų istorijos muziejus, Medininkai

A one-hour activity for students in grades 5–12 at Medininkai Castle. Participants discover why the castle stands on a plain and why it has…

Folklore

Children’s songs, games and folk rounds – Juška Museum, Vilkija

Antano ir Jono Juškų etninės kultūros muziejus, Vilkija Kauno rajono muziejus

An introduction to folk songs, round dances and games and their history, followed by learning them in practice and a riddle contest.

Crafts

Straw Christmas tree decorations – Juška Museum, Vilkija

Antano ir Jono Juškų etninės kultūros muziejus, Vilkija Kauno rajono muziejus

The museum’s collection of ornaments and straw “gardens” and Christmas tree traditions are presented, and participants make a straw ornament…

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