Information update on measures for cultural and creative sectors affected by COVID-19 outbreak.

Today, the Ministry of Culture presented the unique late Gothic (16th century) wooden sculpture “The Risen Christ” brought to Lithuania from Austria and handed it over to the Lithuanian National Museum of Art.

The Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas together with the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia Nauris Puntulis and the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia Tõnis Lukas participated in the opening of exhibition “Wild Souls. Symbolism in the Baltic States” held at the National Gallery of Art.

Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Nauris Puntulis, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and Tõnis Lukas, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Ministry of Culture today.

The Government has adjusted the plan to increase the number of participants/spectators at cultural and sports events.

Vilnius City Municipality and the Ministry of Culture seeking to commemorate the memory of the Jewish rescuers are organising an open tender for the creation of a monument.

The concept of the policy for the preservation and actualisation of cultural heritage has been approved by the order of the Minister of Culture.

More than 20 000 cultural heritage objects are included in the Register of Immovable Cultural Property in Lithuania.

Today, the Government meeting approved an updated plan to increase the number of participants (spectators) in cultural events. It would apply from June 17 to August 31.

The training of the Baltic School of Museology will take place in Narva (Estonia) on August 2–8. This topic of this year is “Risk Management and Crisis Preparedness at Museums”.

The Government meeting has approved of a plan for increasing the number of participants (spectators) in cultural events. The Ministries of Health and of Culture have been instructed to take the provisions of this plan into account when submitting proposals to the Government regarding the easing of the lockdown requirements.

Information on the relevant general measures allocated to the cultural sector affected by COVID-19 outbreak.