About the client
The Children’s Literature Museum is a division of the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, opened in 1991 and called the Fairy Tale House. It is housed in an art deco house built in 1931 by Mykolas Sleževičius, Prime Minister of independent Lithuania.
The Children’s Literature Museum offers visitors a chance to learn about, see, and even hear the best Lithuanian fairy tales, plays, and poems, as well as to get to know their authors. Children can touch the exhibits and get completely immersed in the world of fairy tales and enjoy fun educational activities for young visitors. This encourages children to take an interest in reading and to benefit from its educational benefits.
INFES work
Major renovation and maintenance on the 741.06 m² two-storey Children’s Literature Museum.
Significance of the project
The museum is intended not only for children to play, act, and interpret fairy tales, but also to get to know writers and their life stories, memorabilia, writing instruments, and illustrations of published works. There are also interactive exhibitions. The museum space is housed in an inter-war modernist building in Kaunas, and although the exterior is not exceptional, the layout of the interior spaces, the arches, niches, and the fireplace tell a story to every visitor.
Results
After the works, the museum space will be more modern and welcoming for both young and adult visitors. The renovated premises will be more suitable for various educational and entertaining exhibitions and events, which will allow to get to know the world of Lithuanian literature more closely.
