Official presentation of the exhibition After the Great War in Vilnius

Official presentation of the exhibition 'After the Great War' in Vilnius

Official presentation of the exhibition After the Great War in Vilnius

Yesterday afternoon, we opened our exhibition 'After the Great War' at the Tuskulėnų rimties parko memorialinis kompleksas (LGGRTC) in Vilnius.

The event brought together distinguished guests: Minister of Culture of Lithuania Simonas Kairys (Kultūros ministerija), Dr. Ján Pálffy (Chairman of the ENRS Steering Committee), ambassadors of the ENRS member states and other European countries, as well as representatives of cultural and academic institutions.

The opening ceremony was co-hosted by Dr. Arūnas Bubnys (Director of Tuskulenai Memorial Complex) and Rafał Rogulski (Director of the ENRS), followed by a guided tour of the exhibition by Dr. Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk and Dr. Rasa Balockaite with the introduction by prof. Jan Rydel.

The Vilnius edition of the exhibition wouldn't be possible without our local partners: Lenkijos Respublikos ambasada Vilniuje – Polish Embassy in Vilnius, Lietuvos Gyventojų Genocido ir Rezistencijos tyrimo centras and Free Range Productions.

As the ribbon is officialy cut, we invite you to take a walk to the Memorial Complex of the Tuskulenai Peace Park. Come and learn two stories: the one told in 'After the Great War' as well as the dramatic history of the Park told in the exhibition 'The Secrets of Tuskulėnai Manor'.


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See the photos from the exhibition's official presentation in Vilnius:

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Exhibition displayed in the Memorial Complex of the Tuskulenai Peace Park in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Cube-like installation of After the Great War exhibition stands behind the elegant neo-classical gate. Left to it, neo-classical white building of Tuskulėnai manor. Greenery in the background.
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Exhibition displayed in the Memorial Complex of the Tuskulenai Peace Park in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
The well-kept garden with green grass, flowers, and wooden benches. In the foreground, neo-classical white buildings of the Tuskulėnai Peace Park complex and cube-like installation of the After the Great War exhibition.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. On the stage from the left: Mr Rafał Rogulski (Director of the ENRS) and Dr. Arūnas Bubnys (Director of Tuskulenai Memorial Complex). Photo: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior, medium-sized white room. The rows of chairs densly packed with the audience. In front of them, three speakers face the camera. Men on the left and in the middle stand up, while the woman on the speaks from behind the lectern. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Mr Rafał Rogulski (Director of the ENRS). Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Photo taken from behind the audience. A middle-aged man speaks into the microphone. He holds a folder with ENRS logo. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior, medium-sized white room. The rows of chairs densly packed with the audience. In front of them, three speakers face the camera. Men on the left and in the middle stand up, while the woman on the speaks from behind the lectern. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Lithuanian Minister of Culture Mr. Simonas Kairys. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior, medium-sized room. The middle-aged man facing the camera speaks in front of a packed auditorium. On his left, a woman behind the lectern, possibly translating his speech. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Dr. Ján Pálffy, Chairman of the ENRS Steering Committee. Photo: Bartosz Frątczak
A close-up of the middle-aged man. Dressed in a suit and glasses stands in front of a microphone, facing a camera. Out of focus, two Lithuanian flags are visible in the background.
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Mrs. Urszula Doroszewska (Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius). Photo: Bartosz Frątczak
Mrs. Urszula Doroszewska (Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius). Photo: Bartosz Frątczak
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Mr. Ladislav Babčan (Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the Republic of Latvia and Republic of Lithuania). Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
A close-up of the middle-aged man. Dressed in a dark suit he speaks to a microphone, facing a camera. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Mr. Matthias Sonn (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lithuania). Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
A close-up of the middle-aged man. Dressed in a brown suit he stands in front of a microphone, facing a camera and smiling. Projector board and two Lithuanian flags in the background.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Guided tour of the exhibition by Dr. Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior of the installation of After the Great War exhibition. In the center, a knee-high board with the infographics, surrounded from all sites by the walls of the exhibition. A young man in the center points towards something on a board. Surrounding dignitaries look at it attentively.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior of the installation of After the Great War exhibition. A man in the brown suit inspects closely the board with the infographics at the center, lifting one of the panels under which additional information is hidden. From the distance, four other people are watching attentively.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
A man and a woman face the internal wall of the After the Great War exhibition. They are inspecting closely the photography presented there, towards which the man is pointing his finger.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
A woman faces the internal wall of the After the Great War exhibition. She inspects one of the pull-out infographic panels, which depicts the territorial losses of Germany after the First World War.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
Interior of the installation of After the Great War exhibition. A disembodied hand lifts one of the panels from the central board. It reveals the photography of riot in Kraków, Poland in 1923, and accompanying text on the economic realities of the interwar period.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
A group of five well-dressed people faces the camera smiling. They are standing in front of the entrance to the installation of the After the Great War exhibition, surrounded on both sides by its walls.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak
The open neo-classical gate reveals insides of the garden. In the centre of it stands the cube-like installation of After the Great War exhibition. It is surrounded by the groups of conversing guests.
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Official opening of the exhibition in Vilnius. Photos: Bartosz Frątczak.
The open neo-classical gate reveals insides of the garden. In the centre of it stands the cube-like installation of After the Great War exhibition. The square in which it stands is empty.

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