The National Museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and its general director, Dr Vydas Dolinskas, have been awarded the Aleksander Gieysztor Award by the Polish science and culture magazine Przegląd Wschodni (eng. Eastern Review). The decision was announced by the award panel, which is made up of renowned Polish researchers and cultural figures.
The nomination emphasises that Dr Vydas Dolinskas and the Palace of the Grand Dukes, which he leads, deserve the honour "for their outstandingly active educational, social and publishing activities, which seek to bear witness to the region of Lithuania, Poland and the whole of Central and Eastern Europe as a place of common values, common ideas, common history and common future".
The award ceremony will take place on the 23rd of March at the Potocki-Tiskiewicz Palace of the University of Warsaw.
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Dear visitors,
If you are planning to visit the Palace of the Grand Dukes, please note that on Easter (March 31st – April 1st) the museum will be closed. More information about working hours and ticket prices you can find here.
This year on the 10th of April in the National museum – Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania preparations for the state representative event will take place. Therefore, on this day, visitors will not be able to enter some of the rooms on the ground floor of Route I, while the exhibition of the restored historical interiors on Route II will offer the exhibition of Giovanni Bellini's painting "Madonna and Child", the Baroque Ruler's Library, and the Ruler's private apartments and the Treasury. To add, You won't be able to visit the Observation Tower either. Routes III and IV and their exhibitions will be accessible as normal.
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