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Homestead of Aušrininkas and printer Martynas Jankus

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The homestead of the printmaker, the Tilžė Act signatory has survived in the village of Bitėnai. The restored printing house has been home to the Martynas Jankus Museum since 1999. The barn (blacksmith), which was restored above the basement, also serves the needs of the museum. M. Jankus' homestead (1.4 ha area), which has historical value, is entered in the Register of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Lithuania, acknowledging. This homestead along with the area near the old Rambynas altar in the pre-war period, had become a significant symbol of the Republic of Lithuania in the inter-war period, the most important witness of the Lithuanianism of the Klaipėda region at the time. The homestead hosted a variety of patriotic events. The devastation and abduction of the homestead began at the end of World War II and in the post-war period, and the southern part of the homestead was later privatised. Today, only fragments of the old M. Jankus homestead remain, and the former once traditional, cozy surroundings of the country homestead have been significantly changed. Today, it is more suited to the needs and education of visitors to the museum and the adjacent scansan - the Picture Garden. The museum collects, stores, explores, classifies museum treasures related to the life and activities of the printer, signatory of the Tilžė Act, Patriarch of Little Lithuania - Martynas Jankus. Two halls have been designated for museum exhibition. The museum also accumulates other cultural heritage. There are exhibits related to other illuminators of the land, abundance of household effects and working tools of the inhabitants of Little Lithuania in the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, which tell us about the history of Pagėgiai region in Little Lithuania. The Little Lithuanian Picture Garden adjacent to the museum is an open-air exhibition of works on the subject of Little Lithuania. It is located in the homesteads of Jankus and former neighbors Dilba on the Bitė stream coast. This exhibition is an opportunity to see art in a different way, in a context with constantly changing nature and historical environment. Founded in 2003, charming visitors and waiting for them all year round. Eugenijus Skipitis is the author of the idea. The Little Lithuanian Picture Garden grows and expands every year, dressed in new picture blossoms.

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