{"id":19016,"date":"2022-01-17T17:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/lankytinos-vietos\/jono-sliupo-muziejus\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:11:17","slug":"jonas-sliupas-museum","status":"publish","type":"lankytina_vieta","link":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/sightseeing-places\/jonas-sliupas-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Palanga Mayor Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas Museum"},"template":"","vietu_kategorija":[739],"class_list":["post-19016","lankytina_vieta","type-lankytina_vieta","status-publish","hentry","vietu_kategorija-museums"],"acf":{"irasas_1_pavadinimo_dydis":false,"irasas_1_latitude":"55.9117434","irasas_1_longitude":"21.0612479","irasas_1_nuotrauka":36943,"irasas_1_nuotraukos_rodymas":"on","irasas_1_nuotrauka_2":"","irasas_1_aprasymas":"Palanga Mayor Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas Museum \u2013<\/b> an open meeting place where different opinions, communities, and generations can hear each other, learn about themselves and others. Today, the home of Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas is open to relevant, not always comfortable stories or contemporary topics, to a variety of artistic styles and ideas, to dialogue and respect for different opinions. It is a home that provides shelter for the stories told by artifacts, artists, and other creators who often raise social issues and conflicts that are not always comfortable for society in their work.\r\n\r\nThe museum building is a single-story wooden villa with an attic, built at the end of the 19th century by the Counts Ti\u0161kevi\u010diai. The most ornate part is the main southeast fa\u00e7ade with openwork ornamented cornices, a balcony railing, profiled window frames with openwork transoms and diamond-shaped windows in the attic. The Counts Ti\u0161kevi\u010diai played a particularly important role in the modernization of Palanga and the development of the resort's infrastructure. The Counts Ti\u0161kevi\u010diai rented their villas in Palanga to their courtiers, who in turn rented them to vacationers visiting the resort.\r\n\r\nDuring World War I, the building housed a German topographical office, which recorded the changes in the beach embankments after storms. When Palanga became part of the independent state of Lithuania, many villas and guesthouses changed owners. From 1931 to 1944, Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas (1861\u20131944) lived in the villa with his family. In 1933, when Palanga was granted city rights, Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas became the first mayor of the city, leading it with interruptions from 1933 to 1941. While serving as mayor, J. \u0160li\u016bpas set up an office in his home, where he discussed and resolved issues related to the city's activities and residents with the people of Palanga. With the second Soviet occupation approaching, the \u0160li\u016bpas family left their home in 1944 and moved to Br\u0117gencas (Austria). J. \u0160li\u016bpas died on November 6, 1944, in Berlin (Germany) and was buried in the Lithuanian National Cemetery in Chicago (USA).\r\n\r\nA museum was opened in this building on July 7, 1989. In 2020, the Dr. Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas Memorial Homestead-Museum was renamed the Palanga Mayor Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas Museum. The building was renovated in 2022\u20132023. After the renovation, an external lift for people with disabilities was installed in the museum building, valuable elements of the building were restored and repaired, its valuable features were preserved and revealed, and the building's energy efficiency was improved. Much attention was paid to the renovation of the exhibition space, and educational and expanded temporary exhibition rooms were installed. On the way to the museum, from Vytauto Street, visitors are greeted by a bust of Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas on a renovated path. The monument was created by sculptors Aloyzas Toleikis and Donatas Luko\u0161evi\u010dius, and architect Jolanta Galdikien\u0117.\r\n\r\nJonas \u0160li\u016bpas was a freethinker, promoter of Lithuanian ideas, fighter for Lithuanian identity in Lithuania and the US, born on March 6, 1861, in the village of Rakand\u017eiai, Gruzd\u017eiai parish, \u0160iauliai district. He was an impressive personality who wrote many books, published newspapers, met many people, and was active in many areas. Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas was a free man full of ideas, some of which were modern and acceptable, but others did not meet the expectations of the conservative community. He was an excellent orator, his life was full of extreme situations and various disputes, but he was always a man of good intentions and ideas for his life.\r\n\r\nToday, when you visit the museum, you will feel the spirit of this progressive and uncompromising personality. The house of Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas hosts exhibitions of famous Lithuanian and international artists, as well as historical and authentic artifacts.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition \"Who was afraid of \u0160li\u016bpas\" is on display in the museum's entrance hall. Using comics created by Migl\u0117 Anu\u0161auskait\u0117, we reveal the multifaceted and not always \"convenient\" personality of Jonas \u0160li\u016bpas in a fun way, without trying to heroize him.\r\n\r\nThe museum is a meeting place where communities, famous Lithuanian artists, historians, cultural experts, art critics, and other creators explore issues of historical and cultural identity relevant to local residents and the region through cultural and creative practices, actualizing events and personalities, reflecting and searching for new meanings of place. Today, the Jono \u0160li\u016bpas House is open to relevant, not always comfortable stories or contemporary themes, to a variety of artistic styles and ideas, to dialogue and respect for different opinions, where different communities and generations learn and discover themselves and others. The museum organizes tours, educational programs, and creative workshops for schoolchildren and young people, collaborates with social partners, and improves the museum's accessibility for people with special needs.\r\n\r\nAddress and contacts<\/b>\r\n\r\nVytauto g. 23A, Palanga\r\n\r\n+370\r\n\r\nj.sliupo.muziejus@lnm.lt<\/a>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/lnm.lt\/muziejai\/jono-sliupo-muziejus<\/a>\r\n\r\nFacebook - www.facebook.com\/sliupomuziejus<\/a>\r\n\r\nInstagram - www.instagram.com\/sliupomuziejus<\/a>\r\n\r\nOpening<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWednesday\u2013Friday 10 a.m.\u20135 p.m.\r\n\r\nSaturday 11 a.m.\u20135 p.m.\r\n\r\nSunday 11am\u20134pm\r\n\r\nTicket price for adults: \u20ac4.\r\n\r\nFor information about ticket prices and discounts, please visit https:\/\/bilietai-jsm.lnm.lt<\/a>\r\n\r\nOn the last Sunday of each month, admission to the museum is free.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/lnm.lt\/muziejai\/jono-sliupo-muziejus","irasas_1_adresas":"Vytauto g. 23A, Palanga","irasas_1_google_maps_nuoroda":"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=55.912109,21.061265&ll=55.912109,21.061265&z=12","irasas_1_telefonas_1":"+370 612 86114","irasas_1_telefonas_2":"","irasas_1_el_pastas":"j.sliupo.muziejus@lnm.lt","irasas_1_tinklalapis":"https:\/\/lnm.lt\/muziejai\/jono-sliupo-muziejus\/","irasas_1_booking_nuoroda":"","irasas_1_tripadvisor_nuoroda":"","irasas_1_facebook_nuoroda":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sliupomuziejus","irasas_1_instagram_nuoroda":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sliupomuziejus","irasas_1_galerija":[36949,36952,36955],"irasas_1_zemelapis":{"address":"Vytauto g. 23A, Palanga, Lietuva","lat":55.9117434,"lng":21.0612479,"zoom":14,"place_id":"ChIJR3ARTDAp5UYRX5a8PiIbYnI","name":"Vytauto g. 23A","street_number":"23A","street_name":"Vytauto gatv\u0117","street_name_short":"Vytauto g.","city":"Palanga","state":"Klaip\u0117dos apskritis","state_short":"Klaip\u0117dos apskr.","post_code":131,"country":"Lietuva","country_short":"LT"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytina_vieta\/19016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytina_vieta"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lankytina_vieta"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytina_vieta\/19016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57859,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lankytina_vieta\/19016\/revisions\/57859"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36955"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36952"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vietu_kategorija","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visit-palanga.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vietu_kategorija?post=19016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}