M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum Explained

M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum
Native Name:Nacionalinis Mikalojaus Konstantino Čiurlionio dailės muziejus
Native Name Lang:lt
Established:1921
Location:V. Putvinskio g. 55 Kaunas, Lithuania
Type:Art museum
Director:Daina Kamarauskienė
Collection:M.K. Čiurlionis' works, Lithuanian folk art, fine and applied arts (15th-20th centuries), ancient world art, foreign fine and applied art, numismatics
Website:Official Website

The M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum (Lithuanian: Nacionalinis Mikalojaus Konstantino Čiurlionio dailės muziejus) is a group of museums based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is primarily dedicated to exhibiting and publicizing the works of the painter and musician M.K. Čiurlionis (1875–1911).

The museum was founded in 1921, and opened a temporary gallery in 1925. It was renamed Vytautas the Great Museum of Culture in 1936, receiving its current name in 1944. An expansion took place in 1969.[1] The interwar part of the building was built in Art Deco and early functionalism style.[2] [3]

The museum sponsors international exhibitions along with lectures, concerts, conferences, and special educational activities for children.

The museum shares its building with the Vytautas the Great War Museum and is located in the New Town of Kaunas. The oldest still functioning Žaliakalnis Funicular Railway is situated nearby. It climbs up from behind the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum to the Church of the Resurrection.

In 2015, the building was one of 44 objects in Kaunas to receive the European Heritage Label.[4]

Exhibition

M.K.Ciurlionis Art Museum in Kaunas has more than 355,000 items. The museum’s exhibit collections consist of M.K.Ciurlionis’ heritage, Lithuanian folk art, fine and applied arts of Lithuania of the fifteenth-twentieth centuries, ancient world art, foreign fine and applied art, numismatics, archives of folk art and the artistic life items of Lithuania.[5]

Branches of the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum include:

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MIKALOJUS KONSTANTINAS CIURLIONIS NATIONAL ART MUSEUM. Lithuanian Museum Association. 2008-12-27.
  2. Web site: Bryant . Jon . 10 of the best European cities for art deco design . . en . 8 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Vytauto Didžiojo karo muziejus ir Nacionalinis M. K. Čiurlionio dailės muziejus . autc.lt . 30 August 2018.
  4. Web site: KAUNAS WAS AWARDED A EUROPEAN HERITAGE LABEL. visit.kaunas.lt. 8 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311120825/http://visit.kaunas.lt/en/to-see/interwar-architecture/kaunas-was-awarded-a-european-heritage-label/. 11 March 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum The National Art Museum in Kaunas . www.lithuania.travel . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141230052126/http://www.lithuania.travel/en-gb/attractions/mkciurlionis-art-museum/17120 . 2014-12-30.