“In the first year, the museum became a place not only to learn about the history of Lithuanian Jews but also to experience it personally – through the fates of specific people, family stories, and everyday details. More than 100 thousand visitors show us that this memory is important and necessary today,” said the museum director Jonas Dovydaitis in a statement.
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Built and equipped with donated and contributed funds, the “Lost Shtetl” tells the story of the Jewish world of Šeduva that existed until the Holocaust – the people, their daily life, traditions, culture, and tragic fate.
Most visitors came from Israel, the United States, South Africa, Poland, Latvia, Finland, the United Kingdom, and other European countries.
Visiting the museum is free of charge.
According to the statement, in the second year of the museum’s operation, it will also be possible to visit for free.
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The museum project was awarded the “iF Design Award,” was selected among the prestigious “Prix Versailles” for the most beautiful museums in the world, and is also among the finalists for the “Finlandia Prize for Architecture.”
In the Lithuanian Architects’ Union competition, the “Lost Shtetl” project was also recognized as the best recreational architecture work, and in the “Most Successful Tourism” awards, the museum was recognized as the most successful tourism project in the country for 2025.
The museum began construction in 2018 and was opened last September.
It was initiated and founded by the philanthropic organization “YouthAid Foundation,” registered in Switzerland.
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