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Zmuidzinavicius House and Museum
V.Putvinskio 64, Kaunas
Tel.: +370 37 203 514
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A. Žmuidzinavičius' sitting-room |
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The museum is established in 1966 in the artist Antanas
Žmuidzinavičius' (1876-1966) house, built in 1929. The permanent display
serves to give a picture of the artist's paintings, his educational and
public activities and collections he amassed. The flat and studio
feature authentic surroundings of the 20 and 30ies. The rooms house many
works given as a gift by famous European artists of that time as well as
surviving furniture, upholsteries and cloth with folk patterns, lamps,
old means of communication and even indoor plants. |
Museum of Devils
The only museum of devils in the world with rich collection (about 3000
items) of devils and Shrovetide masks. It is located in a new extension (built
in 1982) of artist A.Žmuidzinavičius' house. The devils of all sorts of
materials and techniques from all the countries of the world are living in the
mysterious four-store building. Though the devil usually lives in hell its
diverse faces (a creator, musician, dancer, drunkard, wag) could be seen in the
permanent exhibition Devils and Masks of the World.
K.Dereškevičius. My Lithuania. 1989
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Opened since 1966, the most unusual museum in the world
houses about 3000 devils of different shapes and sizes based upon the
private collection of Lithuanian artist Antanas Žmuidzinavičius.
Most of the people consider the devil an evil spirit. But in Lithuanian
verbal folklore (legends, customs, tales, proverbs, puzzles) the devil
is depicted as a handsome although not very smart, cheerful, rich and
inventive young gentleman who wants to make friends with a man and marry
a lady. |
It is a gifted person, often a musician but liquor and tobacco are
also his invention. He assisted God in creating a pig, a goat and a
toad.
The exhibition is comprised not only of Lithuanian devils made by folk
and professional artists but by their neighbours from nearly all
countries of the world. There is a collection of bizarre Shrovetide
masks, too. New devils are welcome. |
V.Petrulis. Devil the Musician.
1960 |
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