Activities by Kauno rajono muziejus

Stories of 19th-century manor hygiene, a reconstructed latrine and the counts’ baths; participants then make orange- or rose-scented soap. U…

Stories of the manor garden and the small alligators that lived in its pools, with photos and film; children model alligators from sand.

Museum staff show letters written by the Tiškevičius counts and the tools used to write them; participants write a letter to someone close.

A tour of the museum with stories of the Tiškevičius family, their great library and love of books; children make their own bookmark.

Participants explore how the counts marked their books, design their own ex libris and make a small folded book.

Stories of the counts’ travels and Eastern influences on the manor, and the symbolism of lanterns; everyone makes a lantern from coloured pa…

A session presenting Count Benediktas Henrikas Tiškevičius as a creative person and patron of the arts who shaped 19th-century cultural life…

Countess Klara Elžbieta introduces Count B. H. Tiškevičius and his travels, followed by an outdoor orienteering game across the manor ground…

The museum in Raudondvaris Castle: a tower exhibition on the Tiškevičius counts, their travels and pastimes, B. H. Tiškevičius’s photographs…

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

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

An account of Antanas Juška and his collecting of words, followed by a quiz and guessing the meanings of forgotten words.