During the session of the 3rd international forum “Principles of the Faro Convention and Urban Heritage Protection” held at the Ministry of Culture, the biggest attention was allocated to the role of communities in the preservation and use of cultural heritage.

On 16 November the museum of the world-renown artist Samuel Back born in Vilnius was opened. The newly opened museum is the first and only museum in the world devoted to the art of this Litvak painter. The collection was granted to the museum by the artist himself who presently resides in the United States of America.

On 16 November the museum of the world-renown artist Samuel Back born in Vilnius was opened. The newly opened museum is the first and only museum in the world devoted to the art of this Litvak painter. The collection was granted to the museum by the artist himself who presently resides in the United States of America.

On 9 November Vice-Minister of Culture Gintautė Žemaitytė took part in the annual Baltic Cultural Committee meeting held in Riga.

Today the Ministry of Culture announced a second competition for the selection of a General Manager of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT).

Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson recently met with Inga Vidugirytė-Pakerienė who started work at the Embassy of Lithuania in the Russian Federation.

Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson was attending UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris on Thursday with an official visit.

Meeting with Mechtild Rössler, the Director of UNESCO's World Heritage Centre at the headquarters of UNESCO at the initiative of the Minister of Culture Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson on Thursday. During the meeting, the situation of heritage in the historical centre of Vilnius and the perspectives of ...

The winner of the tender of the Ministry of Culture to become the director of Panevezys J. Miltinis Drama Theatre is Leonas Blėdis.

October 27, the Management of the Ministry of Culture attended the meeting with the U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Thomas K. Yazdgerdi. During the meeting, the issues in relation to preservation of Jewish heritage and maintenance of Jewish ancient burial cemetery and places of mass killings of Jews were discussed.

Today, October 26, in Geneva, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Lithuania and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Journalist Gražina Michnevičiūtė won the Ministry of Culture’s selection procedure for the position of Culture Attaché in the Lithuanian consulate in New York, USA.