Shlapyalis house-museum

The House-Museum of Maria and Jurgis Shlapyalisov is a memorial museum located on Piles Street, in the city of Vilnius. A museum was opened in honor of the Lithuanian cultural figures of the spouses Maria Šlapälene and Jurgis Šlapälis, in the house - an architectural monument of the XVII century, where they lived and were engaged in creativity and which they acquired in 1926.

Shlyapalisa’s spouses are known primarily in Lithuania as public figures who supported the Lithuanian language, literature, and bookstore in Vilnius, during the period 1864 and 1904, when a ban on the Lithuanian press and the Lithuanian language was imposed.

The house-museum was founded by the city authorities in 1991, and in 1994 an exposition was opened, which introduced the life and activities of the spouses, reflected the life of the Vilna region in the period from the second half of the XIX century to 1940. In the exposition hall and in the living room of Shlapyalisov, in addition to exhibitions, evenings, concerts, lectures, book presentations and other events are held.

The collection of exhibits includes books, newspapers, documents and personal belongings of the Shlyapyalis. It contains objects related to the cultural and scientific heritage of Eastern Lithuania from the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX century.