An exhibition dedicated to the rebels of 1863-1864 is opening in Vilnius, in the former detention center taken over by the National Museum of Lithuania this year.
The exhibition "Awaken: The Story of the Rebels Found in Mount Gediminas" opens two days before the funeral of the remains of 20 rebels and commanders.
A large part of the exhibits consists of the material of the archaeological research carried out on Gediminas Hill and documents illustrating and illuminating the uprising, photographs, personal belongings of the participants of the uprising and other relics of the uprising.
The exhibition in the building of the former detention center near Gediminas mountain will be open to the public from Thursday, its first two days will be free of charge.
According to the museum, this space for the exhibition was not chosen by chance, because in the second half of the 8th century, this building was used as a prison and 21 of the XNUMX rebels who were later killed and executed were imprisoned there.
The detention center has been managed by the Vilnius Chief Police Commissariat with the right of use for the past several decades.
The exhibition will be open until May 2020, 31.
Archaeologists managed to discover the remains of 20 rebels out of 21 on Mount Gediminas, including the leaders of the rebellion, Zigmantas Sierakauskas and Konstantinos Kalinauskas. They will be buried on Friday in the Rasa cemetery in the capital.
The rebels of 1863-1864 fought against the rule of the Russian tsar and sought to restore the former state of Poland and Lithuania.
