After both World Wars, the city of Tauragė remained especially devastated. The installation “Lost Tauragė” is located in the basement of the tower. Here, special attention is paid to imitating reality: the gloomy environment, the scattering of the wreckage of imitation weapons and the smoke of nitrogen makes it feel as if you are hiding in a bunker and a war is going on above us. On the first floor of the Tower of Ages, a film about the history of the city is shown through video projections across the entire wall. On the second floor, a meditative environment has been created, where a stylized space can be seen in the vault of the tower, and conventional sounds can be heard in the background. Visitors can lie on the floor.
In the eastern tower of the castle prof. dr. Eugenijus Jovaiša’s archeological exposition was established. Visitors will get to know the oldest history of our country, which dates back to the first centuries after Christ. On the second floor you will see copies of the finds of the famous Dauglaukis cemetery, which were left by […]
The diversity of the country’s nature is presented in the Nature Exposition, which is divided into six zones. Birds, mammals, live exotic and native fish, reflections of nature, invertebrate hut and recreation area. In the center of the hall there is a green tree, after which museum visitors can sit down, watch video broadcasts from […]
The consistent historical narrative of the Tauragė region begins with prehistory and continues to the present day. Archaeological finds, the remains of the Tauragė manor, the features of the border with Prussia, the world wars, the devastated land, and the flourishing of a modern industrial city. Yiddish, German, Russian and Lithuanian-speaking Tauragians who lived here […]