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At the end of quarantine on the last Sunday of the month, the National Museum of Lithuania offers visitors safe, interactive and free activities: five virtual games and an exclusive audio guide that transports you to prehistory.
Virtual games at the exhibition.
Visitors will be able to play five virtual games by installing the Actionbound educational app on their smartphones and scanning the game’s QR code at the museum exhibit.
The three games invite you to explore the museum’s permanent exhibition halls and get to know yourself better Lithuanian archeology Senajame arsenale (Arsenalo str. 1), history and ethnography In the new arsenal (Arsenalo str. 3) or a master of optical art The work of Kazys Varnelis and his house in the heart of the capital (Didžioji str. 26).
The game can also be played in the National Museum of Lithuania, currently in operation. in the exhibition “Not reconciled”to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of independence. Signatory House (Pilies str. 26) adapted the virtual game to the outdoor conditions: a poster with a QR code was hung on the door of the House of Signatories for the convenience of visitors, so that it could be scanned from outside and played at any time of the day, even when the museum is closed.
“The game route runs through Vilnius’ old town. Players will visit historical sites and discover what connects the Council of Lithuania and Vytautas the Great, which belonged to the “squad” with which Jonas Basanavičius treated the guests. Following the path of the signers, Vilnius will shine a little differently, more historically, more familiar to the players, “says Sandra Larionova, the guide of the House of Signatories.
Games with the Actionbound app are designed to be played by both individual visitors and organized groups of children. Players who earn a certain number of points and better answer all questions will receive gifts that can be collected at the museum box office where they played. The number of prizes is limited.
Audio guide: a journey of 12 thousand years in one hour
The museum presents an audio guide on a mobile phone in the archaeological exhibition (Arsenalo str. 1), adapting to new circumstances and guaranteeing the safety of visitors even after quarantine. All the visitor has to do is scan the QR code, follow the special links and listen to the history by selecting the number next to one or the other display.
“The archaeological exhibition in the museum, which has been operating in the museum for a couple of decades, gained novelty not only because we sound and adapt the latest archaeological information to listen to, but also because we complement the audio guide with photographic and video material on the most important and interesting exhibitions. By listening to the story over the phone, the visitor can immediately explore additional visual material, “says Gabrielė Gudaitienė, Project Manager of the National Museum of Lithuania.
The audio tour starts from the oldest event, when the first people appeared in present-day territory of Lithuania several thousand years ago, after the glacier slipped. The journey ends just before the beginning of the Middle Ages, in the late Iron Age, when the Baltic tribes were formed in Lithuania, on the basis of which the state would soon be built.
G. Gudaitienė, who prepared the texts for the tour, affirms that the visitor will find 41 stops at the archaeological exhibition located on two floors. On average, the detention lasts between a minute and a half, so the entire audio tour will take hours. Tours can be heard in English and Lithuanian, the text version is also prepared in Russian.
June 28 It will be possible to visit all departments of the National Museum of Lithuania for free – seven in Vilnius (New Arsenal, Old Arsenal, Gediminas Castle Tower, House of Signatories, Kazys Varnelis House-Museum, Vilnius Defensive Wall Bastion, Former Detention Center) and three in the regions (birthplace of Jonas Basanavičius, Vincas Kudirka Memorial ), Jonas Šliūpas Memorial
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