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The
museum
was
founded
in
the
20th
century.
in
a
1940s
house
on
Tauro
Street.
In
this
house
in
1940-1944
people
connected
with
the
university's
activities
lived
there:
Mykolas
Biržiška,
Konstantinas
Jablonskis,
Vincas
Krėvė,
Vytautas
Landsbergis-Žemkalnis,
Vincas
Maciūnas,
Georges
Matoré,
Balys
Sruoga
and
others.
in
1944
in
the
fall,
V.
Mykolaitis-Putinas
settled
in
V.
Krėvė's
former
apartment
on
the
first
floor.
The
following
lived
in
the
house:
literary
critic
K.
Korsakas,
chemist
K.
Daukšas,
philosopher
Eugenijus
Meškauskas,
lawyer
Juozas
Bulavas,
opera
director
Antanas
Zaukas.
Writer
Kazys
Boruta
and
musician
Jadvyga
Čiurlionyte,
psychologist
A.
Gučas
lived
in
Sruoga's
apartment
in
Bali
for
a
while.
V.
Mykolaitis-Putinas
moved
to
this
apartment
on
the
second
floor
after
the
death
of
B.
Sruoga
and
spent
twenty
years
of
his
life,
the
entire
period
of
his
late
creativity.
In
it,
thanks
to
the
persistent
efforts
of
the
cultural
society,
overcoming
the
disfavor
expressed
to
the
personality
of
the
writer,
in
1981
was
also
founded
in
1986.
the
museum
began
to
operate.
The
museum
has
accumulated
about
5,000
exhibits.
The
collection
includes
authentic
furniture,
personal
belongings,
books,
paintings
of
the
writer
V.
Mykolaitis-Putin,
as
well
as
various
materials
related
to
the
writer's
work,
life
and
personality.
Most
of
the
writer's
library
is
stored
here
-
2877
items.
These
are
the
books
of
V.
Mykolaitis-Putin
himself,
their
translations
into
other
languages,
various
works
of
Lithuanian
and
foreign
writers,
periodicals,
dictionaries,
art
and
philosophy
studies
of
various
profiles,
aesthetic
studies,
anthologies,
albums,
etc.
There
are
books
with
V.
Mykolaitis-Putin's
notes,
underlines,
and
entries
of
the
authors
of
the
books
given
to
him.
There
are
184
works
of
art
in
the
museum.
These
are
works
owned
by
the
writer
and
collected
by
the
museum
(sculpture,
painting,
graphics,
book
illustrations).
The
three
memorial
rooms
(study,
living
room
and
bedroom)
have
been
recreated
in
an
authentic
setting.
Furniture,
books,
paintings
show
the
intellectually
rich
atmosphere
of
the
writer's
home.
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