Panevėžys Local History Museum — Attraction in Panevėžys

This museum is definitely worth a visit if you are in Panevezys. The building itself is worth seeing.

Spread over 4 floors the museum is well laid out and curated.

On the top floor you find an exhibition of ancient fossils, stuffed animals and birds, creepy insects and beautiful butterflies. Unfortunately none of the information on the top floor is in English.

In the basement is a exhibition called Red Terror. This is a really interesting presentation of what happened to a number of residents of the town at the hands of the Soviets. The exhibition is very dark (a necessary part of the ambiance) so it is quite difficult to read the information presented.

Definitely worth visiting this museum if you are...

An absolute must-visit if you're interested in history and around Panevežys! :) The exposition "Dialogues of Epochs" in this building is set up very nicely and consists of six beautiful and informative sub-expositions. Personally, I really like how they've managed to combine the purely informational objective facts about the development of the region and the touching stories of the local people during the harshest of times. To the people there: Thank you for your work! Thank you for keeping history alive...

Truly a great place to visit. I was pleasantly surprised by the diverse range of exhibits, from captivating Stone Age artifacts to present-day emigration stories. Of particular note is the ‘Pasilikti, emigruoti, grįžti?’ exhibition, as it was named the best exhibition of the year in Lithuania. It highlights the country’s difficult emigratory past...