Prienų krašto muziejus

Prienai Region Museum was founded in 1995.

The founder and first director of the museum, Antanina Aleknaviciene, is fond of setting up a museum for only five years. The new museum did not take any inheritance, the founders had to collect memoirs, photos and things themselves: "Since 1990, In April I am the director of the Prienai Regional Museum, which is absent. I saw it in my dreams. Search, tempting hope, black work, support for searchers, friends, colleagues, former collaborators, landlords, and in 1995. The opening of the Prienai Regional Museum on September 16th "A. Aleknaviciene did not spare time and effort for this work:" It seems to me that, as a museum foundation, I justified the essence of my existence, my life. "

On the occasion of the opening of the museum, our countryman, poet Justinas Marcinkevičius, said: "... Today, we can say with joy and pride: Prienai has something that it never had before - Prienai has its own museums. That's a lot, it's a lot. We have a place, we have a shelter, to which we can come to ourselves or somebody who has left a guest: here, here is a love-packed, respectfully collected and enriched life of this land, the work of his people, their joy and trouble, their suffering and loss. There is never a constant pursuit of freedom, light, truth and beauty for our people. We can say that from now on DVASIA Prienai region has settled here, embodied in ancient fabrics, wood and clay works, old photographs and books. Let her be nice and nice here. "

The Prienai Region Museum was founded in the pre-war house of the famous priest Cesar Pšemeneckis (1887 - 1967).

C. Pšemeneckis - an engineer in energetics, a graduate student in Moscow, a teacher, an active socialist. Thanks to him, the first line of electricity was brought to the town of Prienai and its surroundings, electrifying the Prienai and Birštonas towns and surrounding villages in 1928-1941. The engineer continued this activity during the war and postwar years.

Many of his energy, C. Pšemeneckis gave Prienai "Žiburys" gymnasium and its students: participated in the work of the gymnasium, for many years taught mathematics and physics, installed a physics lab.

In the Przemeński House, a very active cultural life took place in the pre-war period. Both his wife Ana, an opera soloist, came to Moscow with her, organized cultural events at their own house, attended by professional artists of that time, even the famous Russian singer Fiodor Shalyapin even visited, and C. Pšmeneckis himself grunted violin.

In the Soviet era, there was a hospital, a dentistry polyclinic at the home of C. Pšeemeniec, and part of the premises belonged to the police. After the establishment of the museum, due to the active lobbying of the employees themselves, the premises were arranged and exhibitions were arranged.

The memory of the Honorable C. Pšemeneckis in the museum is equipped with an exposition in which the fragment of his room is restored, as well as a roof tower for him in the museum garden. Museums in 2007 beautifully renewed the memory of C. Pšeemecki and his family in Prienai Cemetery, constantly keeping it under control. 2008 card issued, C. Peseneckis House ".

In 2005, the Prienai Region Museum celebrated its decade with a solemn and beautiful celebration. The museums renovated the existing ones and installed new expositions, arranged the environment, and presented an impressive event to the public. We received honorable guests: famous landlords, museum friends, representatives of the Ministry of Culture, well-known politicians.

    In 2001-2003 Vytautas Zagurskas was the head of the Prienai Regional Museum.

    In 2004-2006, Algis Marcinkevičius worked as the director of the museum.

    Virginia Maschinskiene, director of the company, worked from 2007 to 2009.

    Since October 2009, the director is Lolita Batutienė.

The museum has already taken its place among the cultural institutions of the region, with the museum, educational, cultural activities enriching the life of society, attracting an increasing number of visitors to its services and merging into the ranks of other municipal museums.

Museums also take place in divisions: since 2002, the Prienai Regional Museum's units are writer Vincas Mykolaitis-Putin's Native Homestead-Museum and Ruin House Museum. Since 2007, two other units have joined the Veiveriai Region Historical Memory Museum (Lithuanian Partisan Juozas Lukša - Daumantas Exposition) and Šilavoto, Davatkynas.