EXHIBITION: "LITHUANIA: HISTORY AND CULTURE" AT ROBARTS LIBRARY IN TORONTO
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The exhibition "Lithuania: Culture and History" provides a vivid account of the most important events in the history and culture of this country. The exhibition presents the most important periods in Lithuanian history: the old Lithuanian state (11th – 18th c.), the tsarist Russian occupation (19th c.), the independent Lithuanian Republic (1918–1940), fifty years of occupation (1940–1990), and the restoration of independent Lithuania (since 1990). The exhibition includes images of Lithuania, architectural masterpieces, portraits of important personalities and other events, which convey Lithuania’s history and culture.
The exhibition is based on the concept of the art historian Dr. Irena Vaišvilaitė. It is a joint project of the Lithuanian Art Museum and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.
Official opening: December 14th, 19:00, 2009
Exhibition will be open from December 14 to December 19, 2009
