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Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre
The theatre that made Panevėžys famous. Classical and contemporary plays for all ages, tours, exhibitions and meetings with actors.
Laisvės a. 5
Culture
Top cultural places to see in Panevėžys
Theatres, galleries, museums and murals in the city of theatre.
Panevėžys is known as a city of theatre and ceramics. Here are the theatres, galleries and museums worth your evening – and the street art you will pass on the way. Artihost itself is an art & culture residency: see our residents.
Culture
Theatres
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Puppet Wagon Theatre
The only travelling theatre of its kind in Europe – every summer a horse-drawn wagon tours Lithuania. Inside: a train on the ceiling and puppets you control with buttons.
Unique: The only travelling theatre on wheels in Europe.
Respublikos g. 30
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“Menas” Theatre
A chamber theatre for adults and children, guarded by a Don Quixote statue. Hosts the biggest spring event in Northern Lithuania – an international performing arts festival.
Unique: Hosts the biggest spring performing-arts festival in Northern Lithuania.
Vasario 16-osios g. 19
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Panevėžys Musical Theatre
Concerts, ballet and musicals – from local to world classics.
Nepriklausomybės a. 8
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Cultural Centre “Palace of Communities”
Concerts, plays and events almost every evening, plus exhibitions in the lobby.
Kranto g. 28
Culture
Galleries and art centres
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Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery
Lithuania’s top-rated visited attraction in 2021 (Travel Lithuania). Changing exhibitions and the largest collection of fireclay (chamotte) ceramics – over 700 works.
Unique: The largest fireclay-ceramics collection; voted Lithuania’s most attractive visited site in 2021.
Respublikos g. 3
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Stasys Eidrigevičius Art Centre (SEMC)
A new-generation museum for contemporary art and creative industries, home to over 800 works of the world-famous artist Stasys Eidrigevičius.
Respublikos g. 40
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Photography Gallery
A branch of the Civic Art Gallery dedicated to art photography – young artists and real masters.
Vasario 16-osios g. 11
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Gallery XX
A small, cosy gallery on Laisvės Square with solo shows of Lithuanian and foreign artists.
Laisvės a. 7
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Creativity Centre “Pragiedruliai”
A red-brick manor in the oldest city park, the historic homestead of Juozas Čerkesas-Besparnis – now exhibitions, workshops and artist residencies.
Ukmergės g. 59A
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Old Town Gallery
Art, interior details and home fragrances – good for gifts.
Vasario 16-osios g. 11
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“Galerija be stogo” (Gallery without a roof)
An open-air art gallery on the street.
Respublikos g. 46
Culture
Museums and history
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Panevėžys Local Lore Museum
One of the oldest regional museums in Lithuania (1925). Exhibitions on city life 1953–1990, and a kitchen class where you make traditional Aukštaitija dumplings.
Unique: One of the oldest regional museums in Lithuania (1925).
Vasario 16-osios g. 23
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Exhibition of Resistance to Soviet Occupation and Sąjūdis
In the former rooms of the Panevėžys Sąjūdis group: authentic exhibits, photos and films about the anti-Soviet movement and deportations.
Respublikos g. 17
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The oldest building in Panevėžys
A 400-year-old brick house and the oldest archive building in Lithuania, once storing the most important court documents.
Unique: The oldest archive building in Lithuania.
Kranto g. 21
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Juozas Miltinis Memorial Apartment
The authentic home of the legendary theatre director – his library, manuscripts, art collection, rehearsal recordings and personal belongings.
Algirdo g. 54-19
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Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library
A 100-year-old library mixing historic and modern architecture, with old prints, manuscripts and events. Look for the largest children’s book in the library!
Respublikos g. 14
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J. Masiulis Bookshop
The oldest Lithuanian bookshop in the country, opened by a book smuggler after the press ban was lifted in 1905. The pre-war portrait of Masiulis still hangs inside.
Unique: The oldest Lithuanian bookshop in the country.
Respublikos g. 21
Culture
Street art
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Ekranas factory site – “Dabarties Ekranas” gallery
Once a giant cathode-ray-tube factory, now the largest open-air photo gallery in Lithuania: 600 m² of photo murals with audio stories of former workers.
Unique: The largest open-air gallery in Lithuania.
Elektronikos g. 1
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“Kalnapilis” wall mural
A large mural on the oldest company in the city – the Kalnapilis brewery.
Unique: On the only Lithuanian brewery that never stopped brewing since 1902.
Taikos al. 1
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Mural “Peronas” (The Platform)
A mural on the wall of hotel “Pervaža”.
Smėlynės g. 112
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