During the presentation of the LCAC the fragment of the interview with famous Litvak, Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Bernard Lown was shown. Video record was made specially for the new exhibition of the Center. © Foto by Kamilė Rupeikaitė

The public presentation of the future branch of the Museum – The Center of Litvak Culture and Art (CLCA) took place on the 3rd of December, 2015, atthe Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.

CLCA – is the Center commemorating the grand segment of the cultural heritage of Lithuania, which had perished during the years of WWII. It‘s also the new and actual cultural object for the citizens of Lithuania and the foreign tourists; the attractive informational, academic, educational and leisure space, which will be located at the newly restored Vilnius‘old town building, former Jewish Tarbut High School (Pylimo Str. 4). It will be one of the main touristic sites of the Northern Jewish heritage route of Europe.

Visitor will be enabled to experience the historical events due to the modern and interactive expositions, presenting the Litvak history and culture, numerous prominent Litvaks and their significant input into creation of Lithuania’s statehood, on the same time influencing the development of science, education, literature, cinematography, photography, music and art in the whole world.

Head of The Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Seimas of Lithuania Raimundas Paliukas congratulates Museum team with the presented idea - to establish the Museum of Litvak talents in Vilnius

Director of the Museum Markas Zingeris presents the concept of The Litvak Center for Culture and Art

Head of the Law Firm "Valiunas Ellex" Rolandas Valiūnas expresses his thoughts on the importance of the Litvak culture in Vilnius	Composer Anatolijus Šenderovas talked about the importance of the culture for the Jewish Community of Lithuania
Emanuelis Zingeris, Member of the Seimas of Lithuania expresses his support for the establishment of the new Center	Faina Kukliansky, Head of The Jewish (Litvak) Community of Lithuania asked not to forgett The Community during the renovation process of the neighboring building
Ieva Pakarklytė, The Adviser of the Mayor of Vilnius greeted the audience	Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland expressed the support of the Embassy for the project

Educator of the Museum Jurga Jackevičiūtė	Artist Aleksandra Jacovskytė and Lawyer Neringa Mickevičiūtė
Ilja Lempertas and the Head of the Exposition of the Memorial Museum of Paneriai Zigmas Vitkus	Culture journalist Rūta Mikšionienė and Artist Aleksandra Jacovskytė
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© Photos by Paulius Račiūnas