At Vokiečių 6 we are ready to explore Vilnius! What does it mean to live (or to get on) in the city? How do you learn more about what is already well known, and discover the unexpected? We investigate the environment (courtyards, districts, and the city as a whole), and learn to listen, observe, and make the things and the people around us speak.

For every exhibition we create unique educational activities that draw on the exhibition and are adapted to the abilities and interests of schoolchildren of all ages. Some of our educational activities continue to live on in new forms even after the exhibition comes to an end, while others become part of the educational archive.

Our educational activities invite participants to

•  Learn and find out: we present exhibitions in a way that is appealing and easy to understand.
•  Explore and be curious: participants become active explorers of the exhibition.
•  Communicate and cooperate: our activities develop teamwork skills and allow participants to experience the joy of discovery together.
•  Ask questions and listen: our tasks develop critical thinking.
•  Create and experiment: we encourage people to find new methods of self-expression.
•  Think and assess: we create the right conditions for participants to reflect on their experience at the museum and in the city.

Our values

Informal education, equality, playfulness, critical thinking, teamwork, curiosity, creativity, openness to dialogue, civic-mindedness, accessibility, variety, cooperation, respect for others.

In our educational activities, we use the senses, questions and immersive experience to open up the world of Beatričė Grincevičiūtė, and her daily life, her environment and her experience. We speak of the challenges she faced coping with blindness in Soviet Lithuania as she worked to build her musical career. It is not just a lesson in history, but also an invitation to people to search for parallels in their own lives.

We also ask questions. How do you formulate and pursue your dreams when the opportunities are so limited? What is it like to see things differently? What does Beatričė have in common with the pine bullfinch? And how do the blind read sheet music?

The activities are based on the senses, especially touch and hearing. Participants are invited to observe and touch: try reading Braille, explore Beatričė’s handcrafted items, and listen to her voice on vinyl records. In this way, the space is transformed into how it was perceived by Beatričė herself. The thread that runs through all the museum’s educational activities is the theme of human empowerment. It is a touching reminder that each one of us, despite the challenges we face, can make our mark.

Beatričė’s House was the singer’s real home. The rooms come alive during the museum’s educational activities, and transport visitors back to gatherings of intellectuals around the cups of tea and coffee that once took place here. Today new visitors gather, to ask questions, and discover the past, the present and themselves.

The Centre for Wooden Architecture invites visitors to learn about historical and contemporary wooden architecture, and explore it in its own setting. The museum offers educational programmes for pre-school children and schoolchildren, and hosts practical educational workshops for adults.

Those who participate in our educational activities will learn about wooden architecture, including its structural and decorative features. They will also have an opportunity to touch and smell various wood surfaces, finishes and paints. The youngest architects will draw up plans for small houses, create three-dimensional pop-up fairy-tale villas, and make their own small wooden souvenirs.

As part of the educational activities at Markučiai, we invite participants to delve into the life and culture of 19th-century estates, explore the structure of the house, and review the estate buildings and their function. Although it is more than 150 years old, the house still retains its original layout and furnishings, allowing visitors to experience the atmosphere of the times. 

In our educational activities, you can make paper models of the house using templates, learn the difficult but fascinating rules of heraldry, and create your own family crest, as well as discovering what household items and equipment were used in the 19th century, and how they have changed in our times. In addition to all this, you can try out a variety of board games and outdoor games that draw on different skills.

The educational activities at Markučiai are designed for visitors of all ages, from pre-school children to adults. Smaller children are invited to discover the secrets of the old house, while older children are invited to enter the world of witchcraft, and to travel with landowners around 19th-century Europe.