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"Museum on Wheels" Brings History to Communities Across Lithuania
A unique "Museum on Wheels" is traveling across Lithuania, bringing history to schools and local communities. The Lithuanian Museum of Education, with over 100 years of experience, has launched the country’s first mobile museum to make learning more accessible and engaging.
Instead of a traditional museum, a city bus has been transformed into an interactive exhibition space. Inside, visitors explore an immersive experience about education in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (16th–17th centuries). Through a virtual strategy game, they learn how schools, printing houses, and churches developed, as well as about historical power struggles.
This innovative project was created in collaboration with Indeform (Lithuania), specialists in visual technology and interactive design, and Newschool (Norway), experts in modern education programs.
The museum bus began its journey in September 2023, reaching some of Lithuania’s most remote towns. By the time the project is completed, it will have visited 200 different locations. Schools and communities have warmly welcomed the initiative.
"We received so much valuable information! It was a great way to reinforce what we know, and we’re truly happy we could participate," said Audronė Baronienė, Vice Principal of Kazlų Rūda Kazio Grinius Gymnasium.
Meanwhile, Lina Kazakaitienė, a teacher at Krekenava Mykolas Antanaitis Gymnasium, shared that the visit was a fantastic opportunity for students to try interactive learning tools.
So far, more than 6,000 people have visited the traveling museum. The project’s success means it will continue beyond its original timeline—plans are in place for the "Museum on Wheels" bus to keep traveling for the next five years.
This project is funded by the 2014–2021 European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism, under the Culture Program, with a total budget of €194,046.24.
About the Culture Programme
Thanks to the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism's Culture Programme, more abandoned Lithuanian heritage sites are being revived: the Merkines Manor - a former soap factory, one of the buildings of St Stanislaus Church in Kuļi, Pragiedrulių Homestead in Panevėžys, a barn in Kintai, and others. The projects aim to strengthen cultural education, especially in the country's regions, improve access to high quality cultural products and services, and promote local cultural entrepreneurship. The EEA Financial Mechanism has allocated a total of €8.23 million for the Culture Programme, of which €7 million is from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and the rest from the national budget. The implementation of the projects is supervised by the Central Project Management Agency.