LITHUANIA 61

KLAIPĖDA TOWN

CENTRE

Ännchen of Tharau 1

Blacksmiths’ Museum 4

Castle Museum 2

Clock Museum 5

History Museum of

Lithuania Minor 3

Picture Gallery and

Sculpture Park 6

Key to Symbols see back flap

Heavily influenced by the

Norwegian Symbolist painter

Edvard Munch, Domšaitis won

recog ni tion for his art in inter-

war Germany and later in

South Africa. The gallery exhi-

bits 20th-century Lithuanian art

as well as a permanent exhi-

bi tion of works by Domšaitis.

Situated behind the gallery,

the Sculpture Park (Skulptūrų

parkas) is dedi cated to

Martynas Mažvydas (1510–63),

the author of the first

Lithuanian book. Until the

1970s, the site was reserved

for the city’s cemetery. Spread

over nearly 10 ha (25 acres),

the park is dotted with abstract

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

315 km (195 miles) W of Vilnius.

* 187,000. k 35 km (22

miles) NW of centre. £

Priestočio gatvė 1. @ Priestočio

gatvė. g Old Castle Port, Žvejų

8, (46) 314 257; New Port,

Nemuno 7, (46) 345 780.

Jun–Aug: 6:30pm–2:15am daily;

Sep–May: at least hourly 6:30pm–

2am. n Turgaus 7, (46) 412

186. _ Klaipėda Jazz Festival
     (mid-Jul), Sea Festival (late Jul).

time. The Clock Museum
(Laikrodžių muziejus) was
opened in 1984 inside a
villa built in 1820 by John
Simpson, an English merchant.
Reconstructions of ancient
calendars, sun, fire, water and
sand clocks from around the
world, and timepieces showing
the changes in the faces and
mechanisms of clocks dating
back to the Renaissance, form
the bulk of the exhibits.
The pleasant courtyard,
featuring a large sundial, is
a popular venue for music,
dance and poetry evenings.
The house next door was
built by another English
merchant, Mae Lean. In 1905,
it was reconstructed in Art
Nouveau style. The Neo-
Gothic post office located
close by is another striking
building in the neighbourhood.

and intriguing sculptures by

various artists, and new works

are added to it each year.

Unique creations laid out in the Sculpture Park

E Picture Gallery and
Sculpture Park
Liepų 33. Tel (46) 410 524.

noon–6pm Tue–Sat; noon–

5pm Sun. &
The city’s main state-run art
gallery (Paveikslų galerija) is
named after Pranas Domšaitis
(1880–1965), a Lithuanian
artist who was born near
Königsberg and who settled
in South Africa in 1949.

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Airport

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Picture
Gallery and
Sculpture Park
Clock
Museum
History Museum of
Lithuania Minor
Ännchen of
Tharau
Castle Museum
Blacksmiths’
Museum
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