The stained glass windows, just returned from restoration workshops to Kretinga, will speak the language of art – a synthesis of music and light inviting curious visitors to see the witnesses of manor history in a different, extraordinary way, to hear and feel the message they convey.
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Both restored paintings were created in the 19th century. There is no data about their authors. Historians indicate that they decorated the interior of the palace chapel. The circular glass paintings depict two biblical scenes – “The Visit of the Three Kings to Bethlehem” and “The Appearance of Archangel Gabriel to St. Mary.” Until the beginning of this year, they were kept in museum collections and, due to their poor condition, were accessible only to a narrow circle of history and art researchers.
One of these stained glass windows, which was still possible to transport, became the inspiration for the light, music, and art project “Lens of Time.” In February this year, the Kretinga Museum presented it at the Klaipėda Light Festival. The stained glass was integrated into a luminous art installation and became a symbolic lens of time, allowing a look into the century-old past, into the historical connections between Kretinga and Klaipėda, which the Tyszkiewicz family tried to bring closer. The installation attracted many visitors and received positive feedback. Such public interest in the stained glass encouraged museum staff to seek financial opportunities to restore them.
“The European Heritage Days starting on September 17th are a great opportunity for us, together with the community, to celebrate the stained glass windows returned after restoration, especially since the funds to restore them were allocated by the Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. The Kretinga District Municipality also contributed to the financing of the restoration of these works of art left to us by the Tyszkiewicz family. During the ten days when European society focuses its attention on the issues of cultural heritage preservation, let us rejoice in the returning historical values that tell the story of our region, the people who lived here, and those who shaped its identity,” invites Romandas Žiubrys, director of the Kretinga Museum, to the unconventional exhibition.
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The exhibition “Lens of Time” will be open in the Kretinga Museum’s “Winter Garden” gallery for only 10 days, from September 17 to 27, during this year’s European Heritage Days. Afterwards, solutions will be sought on how to integrate the stained glass windows into the current palace interior and museum exhibition.
And for those who want to learn more about the art of stained glass, its creation technology, and restoration processes, there is an invitation to come tomorrow, September 17, at 5 p.m. to the lecture “Stained Glass and Their Restoration,” which will be given in the White Hall of the Kretinga Museum by the highest category stained glass restorer Juozas Bumbulis Daugis. He restored the stained glass windows of the Tyszkiewicz Palace. After the lecture, at 6 p.m., there will be a presentation of the exhibition “Lens of Time.” The events are free.
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